Shopping in Vietnam

Ben Thanh Market is the defining landmark of central Ho Chi Minh City - a 1914 French colonial covered market with a distinctive clocktower entrance selling food, clothing, souvenirs, and local produce, surrounded by an evening street food market.

Hanoi's Old Quarter is a dense 36-street merchant district dating to the 13th century where each street historically traded a single craft - today it remains the commercial and cultural heart of the capital, with narrow lanes, ancient tube houses, street food, and the best urban walking in Vietnam.