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Located at Hanoi Towers, Highland Coffee Hanoi Towers has quite a nice location (well, aren't all Highland Coffee shops about "location"?).
The place is nice, you can sit outside the building, watching the busy life while enjoying a cup of coffee. Or if you're into something more quite and cozy, you can have your drink at the bar inside. I like the decor and the atmosphere here. The drinks are good, and they also serve food. You can bring your laptop here, cause they have wifi.
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Speaking of "pho", many foreigners would think of such restaurant as Pho 24. But really, among local people, I've never heard from a local that Pho 24 is their favorite place for a bowl of pho.
Well, I have to say that the place is nice (and they have many restaurants scattered around town) and the service is OK. And they have a variety of pho for you to choose from, which I think is good for a picky eater.
The only thing I like about it is the nice restaurants, but the quality of pho is not that great. Like "pho vuong", Pho 24 is just another "luxury" kind of pho, mainly targeted at foreigners, many of whom are new to Vietnam and pho. For local people, it just cannot top normal pho restaurants in taste(I'm not saying "all", but there are quite many which are way better than Pho 24). So, if you're into something really "Vietnam", try asking some locals around you.
And for what it's worth, if you're using Vietcombank ATM card, try an SG24 card (which has the same function as a Connect 24 card, no more), and you'll get 10% discount at Pho 24 chain restaurants. It's not much, still 10% counts, right? And you'll get discount at many other shops and bars with that card, too.
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Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
Try SJ Vietnam (www.sjvietnam.org). It's an international volunteer organization, and I'm sure there're activities your friends and you can join together with a lot of other foreingers.
In response to the question: Hi Does anyone know of a school that welcomes volunteers for short periods - say 1 week only for 0.5 day per day? There are some friends who wish to ...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
For DVD players, take a look at Carings (4th floor, Vincom Towers) or Nguyen Kim (the big electronic supermarket at Trang Thi street). Or you can find quite a few electronic stores along Hai Ba Trung street.
For 700~1000k, I guess you can have a player that should play all kinds of DVD. Just ask the shopkeeper for recommendation. Even the Chinese brand will do just fine.
In response to the question: Which brand of dehumidifier would people suggest buying? I want something that works very well indeed. In another post, the name "Delongui" was droppe...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
Well I second Virezo's suggestion. Tran Anh has a big IT equipments supermarket on Tay Son street, which you can drop by and take a look anytime. I'm sure you'll find what you need in there.
But just to save time and energy, try browsing the products at their website first. Here's a link directly to the LCD monitor category: http://trananh.vn/maytinh/?a=CATE&hdn_category=4&hdn_category_child=28&hdn_category_child_child=215
In response to the question: Does anyone know where in Hanoi I can purchase a 23 or 24 inch LCD computer monitor (besides Apple)?...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
Well I don't know about small barbers. But if you're looking for a big one (and somehow I think it's for foreigners, because the price is in dollars, but not that expensive), you'll find one on Trang Thi street. I don't remember the exact address, but it's near the Trang Thi - Quang Trung junction. So, go along Quang Trung street and turn left at the cross with Trang Thi, go a long Trang Thi and you'll see it to your right. Quite a decent barber shop, I think.
In response to the question: Hi, New here to Hanoi and looking for a stylist who specializes in fades, any suggestions?...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
If you're interested in the subject, maybe you'd want to drop by Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on Nguyen Van Huyen street. It's worth taking a look.
In response to the question: Hi all. Ill be arriving next week to Hanoi from Spain. Ive been browsing these pages for weeks now and ive found them extremely helpful. Cant thank...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
As a Sony Ericsson user, I'd go to any of these 3 Sony Ericsson Customer Service Centers in Hanoi:
- 10 Dao Tan (near Daewoo Hotel)
- 33A Tran Hung Dao
- 36 Ba Trieu (which is also P&T mobile showroom)
You can also find them on the Sony Ericsson Vietnam website.
In response to the question: So I dropped my nice Sony Ericsson mobile phone on its head yesterday and now the screen is a complete blank. Everything else seems to function normal...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
There's a pharmacy @ 31 Lang Ha street, which is called "Mega 3".
It's new. I myself have never been there, but it sure is big. They also have health services there, and you can pay by credit card.
In response to the question: Is there a well stocked western-style drugstore in Hanoi? Thanks...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
In Hanoi, speaking of herbs, people would think of Lan Ong street, on which there are many shops selling herbs for Eastern medicine. But be wary, what you see is not always what you get: the origin of those herbs is pretty much a mystery.
In response to the question: Does anyone know where you can buy herbs, such as fenugreek, in Hanoi?...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
You can go to the post offices or any telecom companies' shops & dealers (viettel, vinaphone or mobifone).
In response to the question: can one buy international calling cards in VN? where are they sold?...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
Basically it's like that Ludo game, except for a few rules:
- There's no "double" or "triplet" here. You just cannot land on your occupied space. In that case, you make no move at all, pass the dice.
- If your opponent's piece is in the way, you cannot just pass it. The only case is that you land on the exact space of that piece and kick your opponent's piece back to the pending square. Otherwise, you cannot move, and just pass the dice.
That's 2 significant differences between Ludo and the local horse chess. But since they use the same board, same pattern, you can play anyway you like.
In response to the question: Does anyone know how to play that horse board game you see around? I bought one but have no instructions. Not sure of the name. I think it's called...
Posted Thursday January 1st, 1970.
The only change is that you add 1 more number before the local number / after the city code (Hanoi: 04). Here's the rule:
If your local number begins with either:
5/6/7/8 (VNPT) -> add 3
20/21/22/23/24 (EVN Telecom) -> add 2
25/26/27/28/29 (Viettel) -> add 6
30 (FPT Telecom) -> add 7
40/41/42/43/44 (SGP) -> add 5
45 (VTC) -> add 4
So, if your number is 8xxx xxx -> (04)38xxx xxx. That's the case for VNPT.
But if your number is 24xx xxx -> (04)224xx xxx.
Other than that, I believe international dialing remains the same.
In response to the question: You may have noticed that recently the local phones have added a 3 before the number. Now, my parent is not able to call me from abroad and gets an er...
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