answered about 25 months ago by grubby
As for most things, there is a 'cardboard box street' in Hanoi. It consists of a couple of shops that sell re-purposed boxes of various sizes, brown paper, tape, and string.
I happen to have a receipt from one of them. The address is 6a Chả Cá, at the corner of Hàng Cá.
Good luck with the move.
Tom
answered about 12 months ago by KandA
To add to the total sum of human knowledge on "Cardboard Box Street" (6a Cha Ca) I can add the following, to save you a second trip, the following sizes available include (cm): 70x50x40, 68x49x30, 65x40x50, 60x41x37, 55x47x55, 52x52x43, 51x34x31, 51x26x31, 45x32x32. Size 52x52x43 sells for 15000vnd and 45x32x32 sells for 10000vnd. There are smaller sizes but we didn't need them so you will have to go look yourself.
Rolls of best quality adhesive tape are 10000vnd, you don't want that rubbish that splinters into pieces and the sharpest finger nails cannot locate! Thin foam sheeting, not bubble wrap sells at 32000vnd per kilo. and small bubble wrap is 42000vnd per kilo. (there must be some sort of cubic metric kilo. thingy because these kilos. do not weigh a kilo). Happy packing.
