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What to buy in Hoi An (Hội An)

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Hoi An lanterns naturally become a much featured trait of this ancient street with diversification in colours, exquisiteness in talents of Vietnam. Hoi An-made lanterns are pretty nice and foldable. As a result, they are souvenirs for quite a few tourists to buy once they visit this ancient street. These lanterns may be found for sales at shops in Tran Phu (Trần Phú) str such as: Tuoi Ngoc (Tuổi Ngọc) lanterns, Ngoc Thu (Ngọc Thu), and other shops in Le Loi (Lê Lợi) str, Nguyen Hue (Nguyễn Huệ), Nguyen Thai Hoc (Nguyễn Thái Học), etc.


Shoes and sandals


Shoes and sandals in Hoi An diversify in terms of styles, from wooden shoes to luxurious shoes and sandals. You will certainly find nice shoes or sandals since sellers here are much enthusiastic and hospitable. There are some shoes shops in Hoi An for instance: Funky shop at 38 Bach Dang (Bạch Đằng) str, Cam Tu (Cẩm Tú) shoes shop at number 8 Hoang Van Thu (Hoàng Văn Thụ) str, etc. .


Clothes


Tailoring in Hoi An has been developing pretty well in which "may nóng" (hot tailoring) being born to meet urgent needs of tourists with good quality and high aestheticism. Tourists to Hoi An would love to have truly-Vietnamese Áo Dài (traditional dress) of great gracefulness tailored here. Hence, there are 57 cloth shops with tailoring service to meet tourists' needs in Minh An ward, section I of this ancient urban. Besides, there are some others such as: Thu Thuy (Thu Thủy) shop, Yaly, Phuong Huy (Phương Huy), Thang Loi (Thắng Lợi), A Dong (Á Đông) silk, Dong A (Đông Á), Bao Khanh (Bảo Khánh), Gia Hung (Gia Hưng), Hanh Hung (Hạnh Hưng), Cam Nhan (Cam Nhận), etc.


Paintings and photos


  


It would be a mistake without mentioning painting works in Hoi An besides lanterns, shoes, sandals, clothes. Concentrated with a lot painters, Hoi An source of supply is plentiful with very nice paintings whose price may be up to several tens of millions VND. Paintings may be found at galleries like La Gai (Lá Gai), Ha Ly (Hà Lý), Thon Viet (Thôn Việt), Kim Chi, etc.


Souvenirs


 

 


As soon as you finish buying in the centre of this ancient urban, do not forget to drop in some souvenir shops like Au Lac (Âu Lạc) in Tran Phu, Ky Uc (Ký Ức) shop in Nguyen Thai Hoc (Nguyễn Thái Học) str, etc. You will be pleased upon seeing wooden sculptures, bags, masks, embossment, Buddha-headed statues or To Ha (Tò He) toys made by old women by Cau (Cầu) pagoda's gate, etc. It would be so nice to have some souvenirs from Hoi An for your beloved when you are back.

Source: simplevietnam.com

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