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20 Hẻm off Phố (Street) Bùi Viện
A hẻm is an alleyway or lane off a main street. This is very common in all Vietnamese cities, and many houses (and hotels, in this case) open off these hems. Each hẻm is numbered off the streets giving access to them -- in this case this is hẻm 40 off Phố Bùi Viện. Then each house is numbered within the hẻm so that the Ly Ly Guesthouse in this picture has an address 40/2 Phố Bùi Viện because it is the second house in from the street in hẻm 40.