Ale and stout in Vietnam

I am glad that you posted this. I don't understand why VN does not have better beer. When you look at normal Vietnamese cuisine, it is full of taste. Vietnamese (non-alcoholic) drinks also have so much flavor. My Vietnamese friends would scoff at the thought of drinking tasteless American-style drip coffee, but wouldn’t dare part with their Heineken and other tasteless watered down excuses for beer. How is it possible that in a country where everything that people put in their mouth is bursting with flavor that people can drink beer that has so little taste? It boggles my mind.

Yep it's the only thing I miss from back home, a good pint of ale.
I've been to 3 out the breweries here in HCMC, both of the ones in NHA Trang and Mui Ne and while the beer is good it's not ale.

Stout is occasionally available, more often in can than draught form, but it's usually way over priced so I odn;t bother with it. Now ale\bitter I'd pay for without question, but all a matter of taste