Singapore Airlines uses paper rice pack

 Report, photo copyright by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

The pictures above show my Singapore Airlines vegetarian rice pack on the Ho Chi Minh City return flight. The pack is made of recycled paper, which is a bad insulator of heat. The heat did not cool down when I ate the food. It almost scalded my throat. I suggested to the crew to improve their inflight catering service.

Hotel Review : Dong Nhu 6 Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City

 Review, photo copyright by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Dong Nhu 6 Hotel is the hotel nearest to the airport cafes facing the flight path towards Tan Son Nhat Airport, Ho Chi Minh City. Most of Dong Nhu 6 Hotel staff speak in Vietnamese except for the bespectacled receptionist that goes all his way to settle my demand. 

Deluxe Room with Balcony

Below: Deluxe Room with Flight Path View

The room with the balcony is so small that it is not possible to open the balcony. The space for standing on the balcony is not wide. I requested for the room change to the room with the flight path view. The balcony of that room is attached to the room but access is via the narrow door to the balcony and shooting photographs of aircraft flying towards the airport is possible between 5.44 am and 7 am and after check-in hours (from 2 pm onwards). 

                                         

The hotel only sells this room to guests that check-in and does not sell it online. There were two such rooms on the day that I checked in and I topped up my payment with 50,000 Vietnamese Dong. 

The cup noodles (Thai tom yam) in each room are available for payment at the concierge but overall, there is nothing to eat at the hotel as I do not eat seafood. I settle breakfast at Phen's Coffee a neighbouring airport cafe of about two minutes' walk from Dong Nhu 6 Hotel (160 m away).  

One of the security guards lent me a bigger umbrella to withstand the heavy rain and I am grateful to the hotel security guard so that I do not get myself wet.

Motorcycle is available for rent at the hotel from 150,000 Vietnamese Dong.

Overall, Dong Nhu 6 Hotel is a kind hotel. It will be sad to see it closed down if Tan Son Nhat Airport were closed and replaced by the new airport in Long Thanh soon.

Dong Nhu 6 Hotel

55/34 Nguyen Van Cong, Go Vap, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tel.: +84-962292546

Hotel Pictures : Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City

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Hotel Pictures : Terminal Hotel, Guiyang

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Review:

I choose this airport hotel to stay one night because my favourite Guiyang Airport hotel Holiday Inn Guiyang Airport has started to impose room key deposit of 500 yuan and I have escaped from Sanya to Guiyang at late night to avoid the typhoon impact on Sanya on 24 August 2025. I arrived at Guiyang Airport at after 1 am and the Terminal Hotel is the nearest to stay. Located on the same level as the taxi stand of the airport, the so-called smoking-permitted room is permeated with smoke. As I was too tired after the escape, I tolerated and slept until 5.30 am. The hotel does not serve breakfast but guests with WeChat accounts can buy drinks and snacks from the dispenser fridges near the reception and at the reading area. In the room, there is an inhouse Chinese power adaptor for room use. There is nothing to view outside the A321 room where I stayed. Overall, it is the right choice to stay here out of convenience for one night and not more.