Women-Friendly Travel in Hanoi
The Hanoi women-friendly travel guide places explicit women-friendly and family confidence signals first, while keeping uncertain details visible for review.
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Mosaique
A popular little boutique and a great place to pick up some designer silver jewelry, silk hangings, or ready-to-wear items, and home goods from furnishings to lamps.
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Song
This boutique carries original designs of established designer Valerie Gregori McKenzie. Clothing and home collections are a mix of Vietnamese classical styles and a tropical bohemian chic look. Open daily 8am to 8pm
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Three Trees
This specialty store showcases original jewelry designs by a Belgian expatriate. Designs often feature floral motifs in gold, interlaced with well-placed, small-cut diamonds. Open daily 9am to 9pm.
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Veggies
Veggies is the only solution for truly organic produce in Vietnam. Address: Corner of Au Co and Xuan Dieu, Hanoi
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Art Tunnel
Primarily deal in lacquer based psychedelic paintings, displayed on three floors. Address: 6 Pho Hang Trong, Hanoi Tel: +4 3828 9381
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Thang Long Silk
Located on a strip of silk shops, this closet-sized operation is easy to miss. The Vietnamese sisters who run the Thang Long Silk shop stitch colorful flowers onto lush silk and are not shy about offering fashion advice and will alter pieces to suit the customer.
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Velvet Underground
This store carries a selection of cotton summer frocks for children. They also have a fine selection of quality bed linens and other household items.
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Things of Substance
An excellent place to find original designs the store is open daily 8am to 8pm. Address: 5 Nha Tho, Hanoi Tel: +4 3828 6965
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Mirror Mirror
Founder of Mirror Mirror, young designer Ha Truong's has made some small waves on the international scene and has a popular signature boutique in the city.
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Mai Gallery
Like the Apricot Gallery and Art Vietnam, this gallery carries a good deal of work by established Vietnamese artists. Open daily 9:30am to 8pm.
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Infostones Bookshop
This shop is worth a visit for its solid selection of large-format books on art, design and architecture. Open 10am to 9pm.
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F Silk
When making the silk shop rounds, this shop should be included for its endless selection of well-designed garments. Open 10am to 7pm.
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Codo Gallery
A seemingly endless selection of popular and more obscure artwork is displayed here. It is recommended that visitors spend time adequately exploring the gallery, as some of the most interesting pieces are hidden away. Open 8am to 8pm.
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Hang Da Market
This three-story indoor market looms against the skyline like a giant dove house. On the ground floor visitors will find fruit, vegetables, cooked meats and ceramics and on the second and third, clothes and some of the best fabrics in Hanoi are on offer. Bargaining is advised.
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Tan My
This shop states they are the oldest store in Hanoi but these claims aside, it stocks some of the finest threads in this overcrowded shopping district. Open daily 9am to 7pm.
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Hom Market
A Vietnamese version of a shopping mall this two-story warehouse-like structure houses small kiosk-style vendors who sell household items, clothes and accessories. Bargaining is advised.
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Enen
This store has a random, but good selection of foreign labels however whatever is on the rack is what they have, so sometimes visitors might be disappointed by not finding their size.
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Ho Guom Audio
The allure of Vietnamese pop music is generally lost on Western ears, but the more traditional music sold in this fine shop is quite soothing. Helpful staff will let you listen before buying. Open Mondays to Saturdays from 8am to 6pm.
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Cocoon
Silk garments in contemporary designs for women are the mainstay of this charming little shop. Original jewellery is also sold here. Open from 10am to 8pm.
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Nagu
Nagu carries a small selection of clothing and cute gifts, like passport holders and notebooks in linens and silk.
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Hanoi Moment
A small selection of porcelain and lacquer flatware is sold in this smartly laid out store.
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Craft Link
This not-for-profit store has a nice collection of silk notebooks, accessories, minority art and clothing, and lacquer plates and bowls. The store is spread out over two floors of a charming, restored colonial building.
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Van Loi
A large open gallery space filled with fine furnishings and handicrafts, mostly in wood.
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L'image
This brightly lit shop gleams and glitters and the jewellery is a celebration of beads and metalwork, much of it rather folksy and colourful. They also offer collections of impressive bronze teapots, copper Buddhas, lacquered picture frames and other potential gift items.