Erma PhilNovember 30, 2011 Often people coplamin about this scam' but it's not really a scam'- I am sure you can buy the Vietnam News English edition somewhere in Hoi An for 6,000 dong.. but who knows where? At the Post Office I think.. the paper sellers actually buy the papers which are transported from Danang 30kms away for 7,000 dong or such and they make a living reselling the papers to tourists.. much like street pedlars buy pineapples at the market and sell them on the street. Vietnamese don't need an english newspaper tourists do.. so a few young boys make a living and feed their families by selling a few papers each day and they make about $1 per paper.. hardly a scam in my opinion more like a delivery fee. I realise others would disagree.- and sometimes those boys can be annoying.. but what I really think is a scam is the way petrol stations back home in Australia charge $5 for a loaf of bread, when the same loaf is about $2 at the supermarket.. something to think about..

Cam When I was there they had closed these parties down! I was there for one of them. Glad to hear that the government has relaxed a little and allowed the gathering of people from all over the world every night to catch up again

Cam One of my favourite stopover points along my journey last year and yes I did get stuck with the lack of ATM problems too!