Huu Nghi Hotel

Huu Nghi (Hữu Nghị, "friendship") is a long-established state-era hotel on Điện Biên Phủ Street in central Hồng Bàng. Local sources say it was the first hotel in Haiphong to receive a four-star rating. It has about 140 rooms, including serviced apartments, and some upper rooms look out over the port. Expect older-style rooms but a good location, a few minutes' walk from the Opera House. It's a mainstream hotel, not a gay venue, and Haiphong has no gay bars to walk to; most visitors meet locals on apps.