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February 3, 2009
Drinking beer is a favourite pastime anywhere in the world. In Hanoi are a lot of very good bargains and one place is very popular amongst travellers. It is known as "Bia Hoi corner". A bia hoi is where locals sit down together, drink cheap beer and eat some food. Some of them can cater for a few hundred people and some are busy when there are only ten.
Bia Hoi corner must be mentioned in the guidebooks, as many travellers find their way to there. Actually there are few on that corner. This one charges VND 3,000 for a beer, which is 17 dollar cents or 13 euro cents.
Conveniently located in the old quarter it is within short distance of a lot of hotels and guest houses. For one dollar you can buy 6,14 beers. In many other counties it is the other way around. Actually, at a few places in Hanoi too :)