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Behind the old french cathedral. vendors set up stools and it's happy hour in hanoi. [ crowd chatters ] ♪ >> anthony: every doorway, every window, a little slice of life. ♪ a story all its own, lives lived, being lived, caught for a second, a moment, then gone. >> lin: in vietnam, sometimes, to be truly friend -- to be friendly -- >> hai: yeah. >> lin: -- we have to drink
Until we are drunk. >> anthony: oh, well, okay. we must, we must. >> lin: cheers for friendship. >> anthony: lin din. my oldest friend in vietnam from the very beginning. many happy memories, my friend. we've been to saigon, can tho, nha trang -- he was my original minder for vietnam's ministry of foreign affairs. we became, in spite of his official responsibilities, fast friends. >> hai: one, two, three -- ba, yo! welcome back. welcome back. cheers. >> anthony: lin has brought me to a great and proud and uniquely hanoi tradition -- bia hoi. bia hoi refers to the roadside joints where locals g...
>> anthony: oh, thank you sir. >> lin: cheers, my friend. >> anthony: cheers. so, we're eating some squid. >> lin: tons of squid. >> anthony: tons of squid. >> lin: we tried to get as many tons as possible. >> anthony: cue the majesty of the squid. at night this time of year the bright lights of ha long bay's fishing boats are unmistakable. >> lin: they can only caught the squid in the evening. the light attracts the squid, so they can catch them. >> anthony: right. they say that because of global warming all the fish are dying but that the squid and cuttlefish populations are increasing. so, ...
Vendors set up stools and it's happy hour in hanoi. [ crowd chatters ] ♪ >> anthony: every doorway, every window, a little slice of life. ♪ a story all its own, lives lived, being lived, caught for a second, a moment, then gone. >> lin: in vietnam, sometimes, to be truly friend -- to be friendly -- >> hai: yeah. >> lin: -- we have to drink until we are drunk. >> anthony: oh, well, okay. we must, we must. >> lin: cheers for friendship. >> anthony: lin din.
>> anthony: right. >> lin: and now 's for everyone. >> hai: yeah. >> lin: it's not expensive. ten thousand dong. >> anthony: so, that's -- >> hai: 40 cents. >> lin: 40, 45 cents. >> anthony: 45 cents a beer. >> both: yeah. >> anthony: i'll have another. i can afford that. ♪ the country's changed so much. when i first came, bicycles and motorbikes. now lot of cars. >> lin: more cars. >> anthony: you know, look, money. >> lin: yeah. >> anthony: people are making money. business is good, right? >> both: yeah. >> anthony: i mean, much, much, much more tourism every year, yes? >> hai: yes, yes. p...