Originally Posted by giblet

I was in Hanoi last month and went to and from the airport in the $2 shuttle. As mentioned, it's fairly annoying because they wait for the whole shuttle to fill up (packed) before they will leave. Also, as with most things in Vietnam they charge foreigners more (I think it's 30,000 for the locals). The difference is small, but annoying. That said, it's cheap and means you don't have to deal with a taxi driver.