What is the consumption level in Hanoi, Vietnam? What should I pay attention to when traveling?

See the questions on Zhihu, and take them to answer. As a China native who has lived in Hanoi for a long time, all the spots I noticed were the pits I stepped on.

Answer the questions that should be paid attention to when traveling first.

First, don't stop a taxi.

No matter motorcycles or taxis, tourists who can't speak Vietnamese are the targets of slaughter. Don't think that if you hit the meter, the regular taxi will be fine. Drivers have 10,000 ways to get your money. I've met people who give money without change. Some directly let you double the fare, and some cheat on the meter. In short, only you can't think of it, and no one can't do it.

Solution: Catch or let local people call a car for you. But grab also has a disadvantage. The driver will call to confirm your position after receiving the order. If you cannot explain clearly, the driver may cancel the trip.

Second, don't drink street drinks.

When you arrive in Vietnam, you will see many street drink shops and several small blue benches, which are used as tables and stools. Groups of Vietnamese sat there, drinking ice water and cracking melon seeds. Something like this.

Many tourists want to experience the Vietnamese lifestyle and participate in this leisure army. The risk is that you never know if the cup you use has bacteria. I have seen these vendors directly pour out the leftover drinks from the last guest, and then pour new drinks for the next guest from the same cup. Needless to say, the water cup has been washed with detergent, and even the water is not flushed.

Later, I learned that Vietnamese people have been like this since childhood. When they go to school, one class has a bucket of drinking water and a common cup, and all the children in one class drink from that cup. I think this is still a little hard for us in China to accept.

Third, it is best to wear a mask.

The air in Hanoi is not very good because it often rains in August now. In dry and hot weather, the street will smell of motorcycle exhaust. Especially if you want to rent a motorcycle and wander around the streets of Hanoi, masks are essential.

Let's start with the price in Hanoi.

When I mentioned the price in Hanoi, I thought of the online drama The Longest Day in Chang 'an. In Chang 'an, the east is rich and the west is expensive, and the south is poor and the north is cheap. There are not only prominent imperial dignitaries, but also poor people who have lived at the bottom of society for a long time and worked under Ge Lao.

The consumption level is different, and the price is different. I saw on the Internet that the price of a bowl of beef powder is 8- 15 RMB. I also ate a bowl of powder in Hanoi, only 20k, almost 6 RMB. Of course, if you go to a restaurant near the West Lake, the price will be above 60k, three times the difference.

Even the same tropical fruit, or cashew nuts, coffee and other specialty products, will be about twice as expensive as the vendors in supermarkets such as bigC, Lotte and vin mart. I bought 100 kilo cashew nuts in the same spring market. In bigC, the price of the same thing will be 200k k. This can also explain why some people say that Vietnam is cheap and some people say that Vietnam is expensive.

However, tickets for scenic spots in Vietnam are quite cheap. Generally less than 20 RMB. For example, the Imperial Capital of Shenglong, the Women's Museum and the Military History Museum, the tickets are only 30k. Last week, I went to Bavi National Park near Hanoi, and the ticket was only 60k.

In my eyes, Hanoi is a city of fireworks, and you can see an alley where only one motorcycle can pass. A woman wearing a hat and carrying a pole to sell watermelons. A man with a big pipe. There are barbers shaving their heads and digging their ears in the street. I always feel that these people are the protagonists in Hanoi.