Chuoi nep nuong (Grilled banana wrapped in sticky rice) is surprisingly cheap: VND 5,000 for two bananas. In Ho Chi Minh City, each banana like this costs VND 6,000 (~ 0,28 USD) in the suburbs and VND 10,000 (~ 0,5 USD) in the city center.

Two boiled corns here costs VND 5,000 while each costs VND 6,000 in the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.

Banh mi thit (Bread with pork stuffing) is very cheap:only from VND 5,000 to VND 7,000 (~ 0,33 USD) each.

Com dep (green rice flakes) also costs 5.000 dong/packet.

Banh bo thot not (Vietnamese honeycomb cake with jaggery), a specialty of Tay Do (Capital of the Mekong Delta) is also cheap: VND 5,000 for ten cakes.

Those cheap dishes are usually served directly to customers.

Most of these cheap dishes are usually sold out soon, just from 6 to 10 a.m.

Banh tet (Cylindrical glutinous rice cake) with mung bean or banana stuffing like this only costs VND 5,000 – 6,000 each. Mr.Ngo Van Dong, a building worker at Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City said that the maximum wage of a bricklayer was just 120.000 dong per day, so he chose those cheap dishes for his breakfast. They kept him full for a long time and worked well.

These dishes are not only for low-income customers but also office workers.

Mrs. Le Thi Dao, a seller on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, Can Tho Citysaid that she sold from 500-700 pieces ofbanh tieu (hollow bread) and banh cu cai (finger-shaped soufflé batter) with the price of VND 5,000 for two cakes.Threemembers in her family are doing this job.

A familiar beverage with anyone from urban to rural area is coffee. In the Mekong Delta region, a glass of black coffee with ice costs VND 5,000 to VND 6,000, which is only half of the price as compared to Ho Chi Minh City.