Hal Madrano is an American living in Hanoi. But not in one of those lavish ex-pat communities. He lives right downtown, in the belly of the beast. It's time for an upgrade. But should he go with a professional realtor who caters to expats? Or just do his own search with his Vietnamese friend Huong. He decides to do both. Huong will reach out to Vietnamese landlords directly, and his realtor, French expat Adrian, will use his conventional real estate listings to help find Hal's new bachelor pad. It's Hal's two pronged Vietnamese apartment search, as House Hunters hits Hanoi.