Hanoi | The Shopping Sites

Shopping is one of the primary things that people usually include in their to-do list while travelling or visiting any place. We can say that travelling or your tour is incomplete without shopping. If you are planning to visit Hanoi, make sure you are going to visit shopping markets along with famous places. Shopping in Hanoi is well known for its incredible markets, shopping malls and several shophouses. So, are you ready yet?

Hanoi provides a number of options for any kind of shopping. There are many markets in the Hanoi, and here we compiled the list of best out of them all. Let’s learn more about the best shopping sites in Hanoi, where we can buy or shop.

Hang Gai Street (Silk Street)

It is one of the most famous places for shopping in Hanoi city, which is located on the edge of the Old Quarter, near Hoan Kiem Lake. Here, you can get high quality, modern, traditional and fashionable silk material. Therefore, it is also known with the name “Silk Street”. There are large numbers of silk ware shops than any place in the Hanoi. Along with silk and tailor shops, Hang Gai Street has several souvenir shops where you can buy notebooks, postcards, lamps as well. Additionally, it has noticeable art galleries such as Green Palm Gallery and Thang Long Art Gallery.

Dong Xuan Market

Dong Xuan Market is located on the northern edge of Hanoi Old Quarter. It is the oldest and biggest market in Hanoi, which was established in 1889. This market is the most crowded and busy trading, transaction, business place of the capital.

Dong Xuan Market is well known as the largest indoor market in Hanoi. It offers a variety of goods, which range from souvenirs and fresh produce, clothing and accessories to household and electronic appliances. Here, you can also find a number of stalls, which sells school uniforms, handicrafts, shirts, handbags, fabrics and tee shirts, all of which are sold at wholesale prices.

Hanoi Weekend Night Market

The weekend Night Market in Hanoi held during three days of every week, i.e. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. During these days, you can see the gathering of many stalls and food vendors, which are the main reasons for a huge crowd of tourist and locals in this market. The Old Quarter district is a place from where the market runs through on three days from19:00 onwards. Stalls and shops start from Hang Dao Street and run through north to the edge of Dong Xuan Market. You can see the attractive view of this famous market at night. Various areas or streets of market decorate with illuminated lights. Travelers usually enjoy by taking photographs of this beautiful view.

At this market, you will get a variety of products like clothes, accessories, shoes, sunglasses and an array of food items. Moreover, the environment of Hanoi Weekend Night Market is very lively and the infinite food sellers have exciting and interesting things to try. Here you can bargain while purchasing any item.

Hang Da Shopping Mall

Hanoi Square is another name of Hang Da Shopping Mall which is considered one of the best shopping malls in Hanoi. The mall has a modern, well-established building where you can find a collection of a number of fashion stalls. These stalls sell all items at a cheap price, which include clothes, bags, shoes and accessories. If you are buying items in bulk, then there is a possibility of bargaining as well. This mall is most crowded during the weekend in comparison to weekdays. Even on most weekdays, Hang Da Shopping Mall remains vacant because only local customers visit during these days.

Hang Dau Street

The most surprising thing about Hang Dau Street is that all shops in the whole market shops sell only one thing: shoes! Here, you can get a huge variety of footwear. The market street is lined with hundreds of shoe-sellers. They all have an abundant choice in ladies shoes rather than men shoes. Presently the street is famous for shoe market but, before that, it was popular for selling oil extract, which was beneficial for medical purpose. All shoes or footwear contain brand names, which made at factories of Vietnam that have rejected due to minor imperfections. So, you can make a great purchase of branded products in affordable prices.

Metiseko

If you’re fond of silk products then Metiseko is one stop shop in Hanoi to go. One of the best shopping places in Hanoi, this is a small yet quirky shop set on the streets of Hanoi and has a large number of authentic items which will definitely fascinate you. It has a vast collection of cultural dresses with elegant designs along with some fancy home decor items. This is quite a famous place in the city and many of the people come from different regions to buy silk products from this quaint shop.

Bat Trang Ceramic Village

This place is a paradise for the handicraft lovers as one can easily find the finest ceramic and pottery goods while roaming at this village. There a varied number of gift shops located around the village which is famous for the beautifully crafted tea sets. This local village has some of the best souvenir shops in Hanoi. So if you’re looking out for some fancy and nice ceramic items then make sure to keep this place in your list while in Hanoi.