Travel tales and tips for shopping in Vietnam by asiahotels.com

Traveller's Tales: Shopping suggestions in Vietnam

T Ballantyne	06 June 2001
Stayed at Hanoi Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
This was a business trip and relatively brief, although I did hve a chance to visit the Ho Chi Minh tomb, which was a pleasant walk from the hotel. Indeed the hotel is well located to reach most of the city's major tourist attarctions and to visit local shops.
S Thach	04 June 2001
Stayed at Palace Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
The location is very good for shopping.
C Jenkins	26 May 2001
Stayed at Rex Hotel Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
This was my third visit to Ho Chi Minh city and I have always enjoyed it -especially the people- very friendly and obliging. The levels of service in this country at times are amazing. We went to a restaurant in Hue and had a very good (and interesting) meal. The owner was a deaf mute and contrary to our expectations we had no trouble whatsoever communicating. In "traditional" Vietnamese fashion we were offered various goods, from postcards to postage stamps, paintings to pottery by different hawkers as we ate (they were no problems and a polite "no thank you" was enough for them to leave us in peace). As we finished our meal it started to rain so the owner offered to get us cyclos, motorbikes or taxis(how many restaurants in the West can whistle up 3 modes of transport to get you home - and have them at the restaurant door within 30 seconds?!)Our group of 8 didn't really want transport and were happy to walk. No problem! From behind the counter came plastic ponchos - only 5,000 Dong each - and a choice of colours ! THAT is what I call service !!
L Vo	23 May 2001
Stayed at Bong Sen Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
Beware of PICKPOCKETS every where you go and the merchandise jackup prices to tourists. The Saigon-Nhatrang train is not safe for tourists. The train goes from 6:40Pm and arrives on 5:00 am of the next day. During the time the train is running, tourists will be a targeted to be pickpocketed, to be stolen personal items like luggages, and etc..
K Reynolds-jones	20 May 2001
Stayed at Lucky Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hanoi is a great place to visit - friendly people, delicious food, fabulous shopping. We took time to visit the sights recommended in our guide book, but also chose to take a day trip to Halong Bay. For others considering the same - we would really recommend at least an over night stay there - it's a long trip for just a day. Also we booked the tour through the hotel - but would have got a much better deal if we'd just wandered down the road to a travellers cafe. The bay is beautiful though and well worth seeing.
D Haines	11 May 2001
Stayed at Green Park Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hanoi is not the slow-paced, relaxed city that it is often still represented to be, so be prepared for rather intrusive efforts to sell you anything from post-cards to merchandise to the need for you to contribute to somebody's school fees. Otherwise, the city is pleasant and the standard sites accessible. The museums of history and revolution are worth some time. Be sure to take at least one of the standard quick trips outside town (Ha Long Bay, Tam Coc, or Perfume Pagoda). The countryside itself is beautiful, the karst mountains worth seeing, and the ubiquitous war memorials and cemetaries a reminder of how deeply the war cut into the population. Hue in central Vietnam is a very short flight away and provides a calmer atmosphere and a nice balance of remnants and restorations of the Nguyen Dynasty (the river cruises really are worthwhile).
J Robinson	11 May 2001
Stayed at Bong Sen Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
I was in Vietnam on business, and visited Vung Tau and Ho Chi Minh City. I enjoyed my visit to both cities and would recommend my friends to visit Vietnam. The shops and cafe's are fantastic value and good quality. Taxis are so cheap so wold recommend people to use them. Lots of good quality items to buy for the home such as table cloths, bed linen decorative laquered trays etc. It's an exciting place to shop and if you take your time and barter a little you will get great bargains.
S Brown	02 May 2001
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
We were in Hanoi for 2 days and we managed to do quite alot of sight-seeing. We actually used the guide book to do a walk on both days, the first was all around the Old Quarter, and on the second we walked the french Quarter stopping at all the recommended places. Restaurants: Indochine, Little Bamboo(lunch), the Italian rest. near the old church Mediterriano(?), its opposite a good coffee place called Cafe Moca. The hotel got us tickets to the Opera, it was a great experience not really opera but more like a concert-the O/House is beautiful on the inside. Kenly Silk make great clothes - really nice fit and good quality silk. Take a ride in a rickshaw just for the fun of it!
R Gupta	01 May 2001
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hanoi was a really exciting shopping destination. From the lovely embroidery at Tan My on Hang Gai street, to the reasonably priced laquer and ceramics at Oh la la and shopping for a good cause at Craftlink, a store with a wide variety of products made by ethnic minority people in Vietnam, there is a lot of stuff worth bringing home.
F Abdullah	28 April 2001
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
We walk around if the destination is near otherwise we hopped into a cab. The locals do not speak very little english therefore shopping in the market is a task but looked for reputable shop, no communication problem.

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