Popular Vietnam shopping items include tailored, made-to-order clothes, handicrafts such as lacquerware, porcelain and pottery, paintings, artworks and carvings, and fabrics - especially silk.
Shopping in Vietnam is as much part of a Vietnam holiday as travelling through the country side or experiencing the exotic Asian mixed with French food in the Restaurants in Vietnam. Our Vietnam Destination Guides list things to see & do during your stay. Staff at hotels in Vietnam can give you local Vietnam shopping tips. For more local shopping information, as well as some suggested places to shop, visit our destination shopping pages:
Can Tho
Chau Doc
Da Lat
Da Nang
Hoi An
Hue
Mui Ne
Nha Trang
Phu Quoc
Sai Gon (HCMC)
Sa Pa
Vietnam Shopping Guide
You can check today's Vietnamese dong Exchange Rate from OANDA.com, the Currency Site.
Caution: These exchange rates are a reference guide only. Actual rates in-country will be slightly higher or lower.
Bargaining is still the most common way to buy things in Vietnam. Some people relish it, others loathe it. The rules are not very complicated if you think of it like this.
Bargaining is a harmonious Yin-Yang balance. You want the item. The vendor wants your money. Yin-Yang! The maximum price you are willing to pay is the value of your desire for the item. The minimum price the vendor is willing to accept is the value of their desire for your money. Yin-Yang! Bargaining is simply a search for the Yin-Yang balance between your desire and the vendor's.
