Backpackers and hitch hikers will tell you that the only way to get intimately acquainted with any city or country is on the ground level, on the back roads, the streets, the local hangouts, not the worldwide fast food franchises or high rise hotels, but the same places that the populace of any given city inhabit. This is a fact well understood by the staff of Hello Vietnam. More than a hotel, the establishment is run by people with experience backpacking in Vietnam, and the whole experience is designed to allow the backpacking Vietnam visitor some respite from a means of travel which, as wonderful as it is, isn’t always easy.
Besides the low rates of just twelve bucks a night, there is a complimentary breakfast and free coffee and tea all day, free 24 hour internet access and even free pickup from your arrival at the train station, bus station or airport, which is much appreciated by the thrifty backpacker hoping not to be overcharged by a less scrupulous cab driver.