The 35 best gift and souvenir shops, speciality and artisan stores in Ho Chi Minh City (2024)

Both a wet and dry market selling souvenirs and coffee of every plantation here in Vietnam …. I am guessing.Usual touting its present so be ready to be highly prospected by the resident stalls!Pre Covid times will certainly be more active as only 40-60% of the stalls are open as of my visit in April 2022.Hope the business gets back in its feet for everyone!!!!

This place has always been my favorite area to visit whenever I’m in Saigon. There are a lot of food stalls around and reasonable prices. Of course, if you’re looking to buy souvenirs or something, you can always bargain for the prices you’re willing to pay. That’s the fun part of shopping there. I highly recommend everyone to check Chợ Bến Thành out.

Had a visit on Wednesday morning, so it is less crowded. Other days in HCM was just passed by since I stayed at a hotel nearby. It has four main entrances so it is easy to enter from any side.My impression of this market is sellers are aggressively selling their products. As I didn’t intend to buy souvenirs from here, so I don’t dare to stop by. I just take a glance while passing by.Hygiene of the food in this market I am not too sure since didn’t try it out. But I notice a street nearby has an unpleasant smell like garbage. Road surface has liquid like water coming out from garbage that make the street smelly. Not only that, I saw a worker thrown the one-time-use utensils to roadside in front of their restaurant after customer leave. This is somewhere nearby the market but not inside the market. Perhaps hygiene awareness can be improve further.

I’m a street market obsessed lover, so I really enjoyed the experience! Many options, cool place, kind staff, good food for the eyes and for all tastes! We tried the Thai booth, the Vietnamese, the fruits, a bit of everything! Very good and good prices!

Good prices if you know how to bargain. Tip, start 75% off of what they tell you. Don't budge on your price. If they disagree, walk to the next booth. Many booths have the same things. The next booth, try 65% off. Keep going and trying again and again, eventually you will find their bottom price and get the best possible deal.

I really enjoyed walking through this market. It’s definitely more of the same with the vendors trying their best to entice you to buy anything.The market is also quite well organized with the walkways quite wide and very easy to navigate.The fresh produce section on the one side is definitely not for the squeamish. Avoid if you are so inclined.The market is under roof but no AC only a few fans doing their best.

Lots of stores haver closed since the lock down but it's picking up.Drink stores are friendly and worth it on a hot day 20k.Tops range from 50-150k for the sportswear, anything over that, someone isnt as honest as you like.My favourite snack/nuts store is still there.

This market caters to tourists. Most of the vendors have similar stocks. It's best to roam around first and bargain for the best price. Majority of the vendors are friendly, not pushy at all and do check out the food stalls. Great selections of items to choose from. Overall, I give this market a 9/10.

It is better to go in a group than solo as you will be slightly harassed by vendors. You can bargain for souvenirs for a better price but I feel you can't get the best discount when doing solo. Furthermore, it seems every stall has the same connections whereby they will introduce other vendors to offer deals. I managed to get multiple fridge magnets and coffee. The place is a bit confusing at first but it is better to get lost so you can explore more. The establishment also serves food and drinks too but they missed my order after I waited for 30 minutes so I left. A bit disappointed but it is an opener for me.

Heaven for people who love shopping in this market and its surroundings. Got 24 ready made tailored, shirts, etc. Malaysian & Muslim friendly with Halal food available. The only disadvantage is hot inside the market.

Famous tourist market.This is a market for haggling and enjoying the atmosphere, so even if the price is higher than the market price, you should think of it as the cost of the venue and entertainment.The cafeteria inside is also more expensive than the average price, but the food is good, so I recommend trying something at a restaurant with a lot of customers.

Ben Thant market is one of the popular spot in HCMC. There are many local stuff that you can find inside the market . Tourist and local likes to visit this market during weekend.There are many food stall inside the market, if you wanted to have the local food you can get them all from here.Many kind of local delicacies and also coffee can find inside the market , they will sell you the been and blend into the coffee powder for you.Highly recommended to visit here if you are looking for some local food or local stuff and souvenir .

A small market in Ho Chi Minh that sells various items such as souvenirs, wet market, cloth. It has adequate space inside and vendors are likely to call on you to buy at their shops if you're easily recognised as a foreigner.General advice is don't haggle unless you really insist on buying, otherwise you may get some snark remarks from the local vendors for wasting their time.

This market has everything from souvenirs, apparels to ornaments and exotic stuff. If you are to bargain make sure to visit all around and get the general idea.It even has a food section which we enjoyed, great meals with lots of choices at a reasonable pricing. Wouldn't say extraordinary, but well worth for what is paid.

The market is colorfully for us foreigners, something picturesque, but all shops have been selling the same things for years, they have not updated products such as clothing, souvenirs, they have remained the same for years. You always have to haggle over the price, foreigners tend to offer up to 500% more expensive than the normal price.

Easily accessible market that sells almost everything that Saigon has to offer. Small narrow alleyway, big bags or luggages not recommended. Lots of food options at one part of the market. If it’s your first time here, it’s worth a visit. If the market doesn’t fancy you, you can walk out of the market to visit all the other shop houses in the vicinity.

We visited the market at about 7pm on a Saturday evening. At least half the stalls were still opened. There was a mixture of food, coffee, clothing, shoes, souvenirs, and accessories stalls. The market was clean, and the sellers were friendly and not pushy. The Pho and coffee we had were excellent. Recommended, and remember to bargain (not for food and drink, of course) to get a good price.

Good market for buying clothes, shoes,bags souvenirs and counterfeit products.Avoid buying things from the front line shops when u enter.Most of them are super rude and not polite and arrogant and super expensive, its like they are giving products for free.Instead look for shops on the inner side.Most of them are polite..friendly and very good.They even offer good prices.I did many purchase from shop no 642.Very good people and they offer good price, its just you have to bargain a little.

good energy and lots of shopping opportunities. you wanna buy something here. the prices are fixed, at least to the ones i’ve been to.the food options are not many but hawkers sell you outside the market. i enjoyed fruits outside.some shops who sell fruits don’t want you to your their fruit. we were excited about seeing durian so we were trying to buy by feeling the packed fruit, but got yelled at. they were rude.

If you want a cultural experience and you are up for a haggle then you have to check out the Ben Thanh Market. The well land put maze of produce and items is wonderful to walk through and discover all the items for sale. Don't get caught up being sold something you don't want!Make sure to haggle then down in price. Start at 50% of what they state then work with them from there. If they aren't interested then walk away. Lots of take offs and trinkets to search through.Or just a place to wander through and explore. Was about a 10mins walk from the Opera House if you're staying in District 1.

You will find absolutely everything here. Be sure not to get lost here. I liked this place. It's just standing in the middle of the busy road and there are so many people coming over here to check out clothes, groceries, food items, decor, souvenirs and what not. If you are good at bargaining, you can think of doing hopping here. The market is so big, it was super fun to watch.

Everything is here to look and buy but only with the energy to negotiate. Every shop will start with 2-3 folds of actual reasonable prices except for Vietnamese traditional costume shops that will show fix prizes. Go for it and have fun with buying. Anyway, if you want to buy with peace of mind then go to Saigon Square, beside Saigon Center. It's air-conditioned and no inflated offer prices. Great quality products with small money to pay.

While visiting Ho Chi Minh City, I think every tourist visits the Ben Thanh Market.It certainly offers an array of food, drinks, shopping ranging from tailor made items, to shoes bags hats, materials, souvenirs and much more. I must admit my experience inside the market wasn't 5 star. We did purchase some Hermes scarves from a lovely and genuine couples stall. We also found some salt coffee my husband was after. We purchased some souvenirs from one stall owner who seemed quite happy to help find us the colours we were after, and gave us a reasonable price on a bunch of items. My daughter wanted to try some sandals on, and we found a stall we might try. We began looking and immediately the shop owner ( I suppose) was in ypur face and ready to make a sale. When I ask her for a price she said 2 million dong, for fake birkenstocks. I told my hubby, as we do, when discussing purchases, and he said ok, let's think about it. Straight away, the lady dropped price to 1.8 m , as it was for my daughter. Hubby said, that's ok, we will just discuss it first, so 1.8 m dong equats to roughly $100 au . She didn't seem to like the fact we hadn't made a purchase, and continued to drop the price down to 1.6, then 1.2m dong. By this stage, we said, thank you but we think about it. She followed my husband as he walked away and got quite angry, vigorously and repeatedly tapping/shoving at his arm, saying ypu can't try my shoes on in my shop and not buy them. I was following my hubby away from the stall along with both my teens in tow, she began getting angry at me too. I continued to walk away ignoring her.Obviously, no purchase was made. I certainly understand about how the vietnamese people need and want sales, but they should never treat people like that. No one will buy from you when you behave like that, certainly in Australia you can get fined or charged for aggressive behaviour and physical contact. Not a good way to make a sale.The stalls on the outside of the Ben thanh market are much more attractive to buy from, genuine lady's, care about their customer and giving you hood deal when purchasing multiple items.

Bến Thành Market is located in the center of Hồ Chí Minh City in District 1 area.Ben Thanh Market is the most famous shopping destination for tourists. It is a good place to buy local handicrafts, branded items, Vietnamese art and other souvenirs. You can find almost everything here, including souvenirs, clothing, hats, coffee, tea, shoes, purses, snacks, fresh fruit, art, electronics, toys, spices, suitcases, watches, fruit and jewelry. Inside the market, you’ll find food stalls and eateries offering delicious Vietnamese street food and local delicacies. The market has four main entrances and twelve sub entrances.

This place has everything you need from FAKE products such as Gucci, Prada, ray bans sunglasses, Louis Vuitton, Nike, and much more. You can find clothing, duffle bags, Nike shoes and a lot more! You can spend hours here. Everything here is negotiable so don’t let them up charge if you can bargain. Good authentic food if you’re looking for authentic Vietnamese dishes. This place is as authentic as you can get if you want the local experience. This place does not have AC so be prepared to sweat. It can get overwhelming because the vendors will hound you and a lot of noise.