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Provincial city in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam
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Thanh Hoa is a city in the Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is a major crossroads for buses to the Lao border at Na Meo, but otherwise the town has little of interest to the average tourist. Thanh Hoa is sort of just a city, no more, no less. It's hospitable and reliable, but not particularly interesting.
En suite double rooms with TV.
Four-star hotel.
Three-star hotel.
A modern, large three-star hotel.
You can get here by bus or by train from Hanoi. The city is 153 km south of Hanoi, about 3 hours by bus or 3½ hours by train. Bus tickets are 100,000-120,000 dong for a seat on air-con bus. The road is good.
Read in the guideBest choice in every town in Vietnam to get around is "xe ôm" (moto-taxi). Negotiate price before you ride. For a trip of 5 km, pay 50,000 dong.
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