The hotel is quite good at first glance, lobby are beautifully designed, not as stuffy as other hotels. But all change when we notice the bed, it's width is only enough for two pillows to be placed side by side.
I was traveling with a friend, sharing a very tiny bed with a guy is not what I had in mind.
This is a decent hotel for you who travel with your spouse, but avoid at all cost for friends sharing a room. You're lucky if you can get 4 hours of sleep out of that bed.

Was traveling also with 2 girls, they share the same experience, bed are to small even for woman.

For the picture of the hotel you can visit my blog :
http://doyanmoto.blogspot.com/2012/08/hoang-lien-hotel-review-ho-chi-minh.html

I got the room that full of cigarette's smoke..very uncomfortable to breath. Breakfast is just ok. One good point is that the location is strategic, at district 1, near ben thanh market, notre dame church, post office, and many other objects of tourism..

We stayed here again in 2011. We wanted to travel to Vung Tao for 3 days and I told them we would be back for the remainder of our stay in Vietnam. I wanted my same room when I returned and I even offered to rent the room while I was gone. They said that wasn't necessary and that I could have the room back when I returned in 3 days. We even left all our luggage there - they held it for us. We return exactly 3 days later, 5 P.M. on Christmas Eve. Guess what? They rented our room to somebody else and didn't have ANY other room available. So Christmas Eve we spent over an hour in a Taxi driving around looking for a hotel. Do not trust reservations with this hotel!! They will give your room away. First come first serve. Come to think of it I watched them do the same thing to an other couple.