Hanoi, HCM City in top cities with cheapest hotel prices in the world

Hanoi ranked second and HCM City ranked sixth in the top 10 cities with the cheapest hotel room rates on hotels.com.
According to this prestigious site, in 2013, the price of hotel rooms in Hanoi was $65.2 per night, down 20% compared with 2012 ($81.9). In Ho Chi Minh City, visitors had to pay $95.3 for one night, down 2% on the previous year ($98.6).
The remaining eight cities in the top ten include Phnom Penh (1st) for a night room rate of $55. Siem Reap ranked third with $70.2. Two Thai cities of Chiang Mai and Pattaya ranked fourth ($76.9) and fifth ($ 76.9).
The four cities ranked from sixth to tenth are Riga ($102), Bangkok ($102), Krakow ($103.6) and Vilnius ($107).
The world's most expensive places to stay in 2013 were Monte Carlo of Monaco with up to $331.1/night, followed by the city of Muscat (Oman) with $324.4/night, New York $309 and Key West $285.9.
The city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) ranked fifth with $279.2, then Cancun $265.9, Moscow $259.2, Boston $252.5, Cannes $252.5 and Geneva $250.8.