Crew members take photo with passengers before the departure of the first Vietnam Airlines direct flight between Da Nang and Osaka, October 28, 2018.

Travel time is estimated at 4 hours and a half. Da Nang and Osaka are both major tourist hubs. The number of Japanese visitors to Da Nang jumped 18 fold from 2011 to 2017. Vietnam Airlines are now operating 11 air routes between Vietnam and Japan.