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What can you buy in Vietnam?- this question can often be heard from tourists vacationing in popular resorts. There are a lot of souvenirs here, and the prices for them are pleasant. Here's what you can bring from Vietnam as a gift:

What souvenirs to bring from Vietnam

As souvenirs from Vietnam, tourists often bring national straw hats, exotic tinctures with reptiles, clothes and silk.

Vietnamese pointed hats

What a souvenir if not a traditional straw hat best captures the spirit of Vietnam! The locals wear hats in Everyday life- in hot weather, they cover the head and shoulders from the sun, and in the rain they protect from water.

You can buy Vietnamese hats in souvenir shops, shopping centers (for example, in the Nha Trang Center shopping center in Nha Trang), and sometimes even in small supermarkets. Prices are different, but in tourist places it is always more expensive. We brought to Russia hats bought in a supermarket for 25,000 VND (75 rubles); in the shopping center, prices for them started at 30,000 dong.

Tinctures with scorpions and snakes

Popular souvenirs from Vietnam are local tinctures of scorpions, snakes and other creatures. This is usually a bottle of dark liquid with some kind of creature floating in it. You can buy these in Vietnam unusual souvenirs almost everywhere- in shopping centers, markets or individual stores. According to tourists, it is best to buy gifts in large shopping centers like BigC, so as not to worry about quality.

Keep in mind that some of these tinctures are more like drugs than alcohol - you can drink them only in very small quantities! Before you buy such a bottle as a gift in Vietnam, it is better to read about its medical properties and contraindications.

Vietnamese clothing and silk

In Vietnam, you can buy high-quality silk clothes and traditional costumes - Ao Dai. Clothes are usually bright, light and light - fashionistas will love it. We do not like to bargain, so we often buy clothes in shopping centers. The prices there are fixed, the choice is large, and the quality is good.

In Vietnam, good silk is made, and some tourists bring it in the form of fabric. If you are going to buy real silk, we recommend that you first read on the Internet how to distinguish it from fake.

In Dalat, you can go on an excursion to see with your own eyes how the Vietnamese make silk:

Other souvenirs and unusual gifts:

• Beautiful postcards (you can send them anywhere)
• Coasters for mugs
• Fans handmade
• flip flops
• Various masks

What else can you buy in Vietnam

In addition to unusual gifts and souvenirs, more traditional goods are also brought from Vietnam - fruits, coffee and tea, jewelry, cosmetics, alcohol.

tropical fruits

You can bring exotic fruits to Russia, but keep in mind that you can also buy them in large chain stores in our country (although they are overpriced) - we saw rambutans, lychees and mangosteens on the counter. In Vietnam, you can buy fruits for low prices. More about it:

In addition, it is worth remembering that some fruits are forbidden to be exported from Vietnam:

• Coconut
• durian
• Jackfruit
• Watermelon

Coffee and tea

If you listen to the reviews of tourists, there will be no doubt that Vietnamese coffee is very tasty. Few people know that Vietnam now ranks first in the world in coffee exports, overtaking even Brazil. As unusual gift you can bring varieties of coffee that have passed through the stomach of animals(it is also called Kopi Luwak, and, in the Vietnamese manner, Cheon coffee). You can buy coffee both during an excursion to coffee plantations and in ordinary stores.

Keep in mind that there is very expensive Chon coffee - it really passed through the stomach of the musang animal, and there are ordinary coffee beans processed with a special enzyme. The price for real coffee is 1800-3000 dollars per kilogram, and fake jeon coffee can be bought in the supermarket for $45 per kilogram.

The Vietnamese love not only coffee, but also tea, and only green tea. The selection of tea is very large. For example, we brought home tea with lotus, jasmine and ginger- very tasty, with a strong aroma! Reviews about lotus tea are conflicting, but I personally like it. In supermarkets you can buy certain types of tea, as well as whole tea sets - these will be a great gift for friends. We bought tea during a tour around Dalat, but later we saw almost the same tea in Nha Trang supermarkets. I don’t know if they differed in quality, but the prices in the supermarket were twice as low - 35,000 dong (100 rubles) for 200 grams.

Pearl and silver jewelry

Russian tourists often bring pearls and silver from Vietnam - both can be bought here cheaper than in Russia. But gold is not worth buying here - it's expensive.

Look for jewelry better in jewelry stores, and not in markets where prices may be lower, but there is a risk of acquiring a fake. There are some simple ways to distinguish natural pearls from fake ones - we recommend that you read about this before buying jewelry.

Phu Quoc Island is considered the pearl capital of Vietnam, but quality products can be bought in all major cities. In Fukuoka, you can visit farms where pearls are mined:

Alcohol

Alcohol prices in Vietnam are relatively low, so many bring home rum, wine, rice vodka. We can leave good reviews for wine from Dalat(for example, Vang Dalat) - you can buy it in a supermarket for only 90,000 dong (270 rubles). Remember that alcoholic beverages with a strength above 41 degrees cannot be exported from the country.

We greet you, dear readers blog about Nha Trang site. In this article, we want to analyze in detail the question about shopping in Nha Trang, and in particular, what you can buy in Nha Trang. What do tourists bring from Vietnam as a gift to their homeland? The review is current for 2019.

A new online shopping store has opened in Nha Trang with delivery to the hotel. See link for product prices.

Due to the increased flow of tourists from Russia, more and more people are wondering what to bring with them from Vietnam, and whether there is any shopping in Nha Trang? We will talk about this in this article. Magnets are, of course, a good thing, but when it comes to something significant or useful, the question is “What to buy in Nha Trang?” becomes very relevant.

What to buy and is there shopping in Nha Trang?

Mountains of rags and Chinese souvenirs are bought up in the markets of Nha Trang with a "Hurrah". Is that why you went to Vietnam? And how do you like the bike 10 years ago about Adidas and Nike and their tailoring factories sportswear? Many tourists still ask guides and passers-by on the streets, where is the Adidas store located? And when they find it, they are horrified by the prices, since they are often even higher than in Russia. In general, throw this bike out of your head. There is nothing else like it in Vietnam!

Shopping in Nha Trang is available! And if you are guided by the following 7 main directions, then you will definitely take valuable and high-quality things from Vietnam at uniquely low prices. We divided shopping in Nha Trang into 7 main directions, indicating the nuances and details that you cannot do without if you really want to make bargains.

About "where to buy?" we will only talk a little in this article, and read the main places and shops for buying valuable goods and souvenirs in a special detailed review of Nha Trang shops. We will report about it in a special letter, which is received by those who have already read the one that has become popular with tourists.

Pearl

The first thing to talk about is pearls. Many people know that in Nha Trang you can buy pearls at low prices and good quality. The questions remain, "Where?" and "How to choose?". In this blog, we have already described how to choose real pearls. Read more about it in the article about. Pearls in Nha Trang are sold on every corner and all sellers assure that they are real. To buy really good pearls, first of all, you need to choose one of the following ways.

How to buy pearls in Nha Trang?

The first way is to buy pearls in the tourist area in one of the shops with beautiful windows on Tran Phu, Nguyen Thien Thuat or Hung Vuong streets. The advantage of this way is that you will definitely be provided with all the certificates for the purchased pearls. Minus - you will pay 2-2.5 times more than if you go the second way.

The second way is to go for pearls in non-tourist places, in shops where there are no beautiful shop windows and sellers trying to speak Russian. There are many such shops in the Cho Dam market area, or in some streets in the blocks around the market. The advantage of this route is the price - it will be 2-2.5 times lower than in the tourist area, and the disadvantage is that if you go alone, you may be slipped a low-quality product or a fake. You can use this option if you have a familiar guide or a Vietnamese who will accompany you to the store and who will have his own interest, but you will not be slipped a low-quality product, and the price will be much lower.

Pearl Shops in Nha Trang

If you do not want to use the services of a guide, but want to buy a quality product and at an affordable price, then we recommend the following stores: (these stores were selected based on the reviews of tourists about the service, price and quality of products)

princess jewelry

The store has a large network throughout the city. Quite a large collection of jewelry. Promotions, discounts and gifts are distributed.

Here are the store addresses:
24B Hung Vuong (Opposite Galina Hotel)
32 Biet Thu street
96 Tran Phu

This is not required, but if you suddenly want to thank us for useful information, then before paying, tell me that you learned about the store from the Internet from Uncle Vanya and they will make you good discount . Usually sellers always ask about it.

Creams, ointments, tinctures, cosmetics

Who does not remember the famous Vietnamese "asterisk"? There is practically no such Russian person who has not used it at least once. But in addition to the "asterisk", in Vietnam there is a huge variety of ointments using natural herbs and having a wide therapeutic effect.

Making shopping in Nha Trang, be sure to replenish your first aid kit with such ointments as “White Tiger” and “Cobratoxan” (or their analogues “Hong Lin Cat - Red Cobra” or “Nayatox” ointment), which will help get rid of various pains and, first of all, help you defeat pain in the joints.

Many tourists often pay attention to the so-called snake tinctures, which are sold in various pharmacies and Vietnamese shops. Friends, remember - no one will ever put a real cobra or other rare snake in a bottle of tincture! This is prohibited by law, and even more so, such goods cannot be exported outside Vietnam and imported into the territory of the Russian Federation. However, you should not try to take out other animals in any form - usually problems also arise with this.

But still, the real tincture on snakes exists, and to find it, it is not necessary to go to an ancient shaman in a remote Vietnamese village. Such a tincture is often made by the locals themselves, offering it in their shops and small cafes. Usually the drink is contained in a plastic barrel, at the bottom of which snakes coiled in rings are tightly packed: a variety of species, but still you are unlikely to find at least one rare and expensive specimen there.

Also, about Vietnam, there are many other types of tinctures and specific decoctions - among them, for example, tincture on geckos and seahorses, as well as the herbal collection "amakong", consisting of a variety of healing roots, herbs and even tree bark!

distinctive feature of all Vietnamese ointments, balms and tinctures that they are made exclusively on a natural basis. Due to this, a powerful healing effect is achieved. The fame of these drugs has spread far beyond the borders of Vietnam itself, and more and more people around the world are using these drugs. At the same time, many traditional Vietnamese drugs are extremely underestimated, because. they repel the buyer with their specificity, which in no case should scare you - after all, all this was created by people to strengthen their own health.

Of course, you cannot describe all the advantages of Vietnamese traditional medicine in one article, therefore, if you need more detailed and in-depth information on this issue, we recommend that you consult with Russian-speaking specialists who work in many tourist Vietnamese pharmacies throughout the city. We will tell you a little about them below.

“The famous luwak coffee” - is it worth taking?

There are many stories about this, to put it mildly, unusual sort of coffee - one is more contradictory than the other. In fact, everything is much simpler than many people think: Luwak coffee does exist, and it can even be found in Vietnam. But it also has its pitfalls...

First of all, it should be said that luwak coffee is a specific, exotic type of coffee, which is obtained by fermenting coffee beans in the stomach of a small animal similar to a marten. His name is just luwak, or "chon", as the locals call it. It is believed that passing through the intestinal tract of this animal, the coffee bean acquires special taste and aroma properties, being saturated with certain acids.

And as they say on numerous forums on the Internet, a cup of drink from such grain can cost as much as $50-60!

Here in Vietnam, you have the opportunity to taste and purchase this coffee at much lower prices than what you can find on the Internet. And there is a very simple explanation for this - when somewhere luwak coffee is mentioned at several thousand dollars per kg - we are talking about wild luwak, which is incredibly difficult to produce. To create it, many factors must successfully coincide, which determines its fabulous value. In Vietnam, however, local residents were able to simplify the process of producing such coffee by creating farms where hundreds of such animals live, and, with the help of special diet, produce kilograms of the coffee product of the same name. Hence the large volumes, and a fairly low price for an exotic type of coffee.

You can try such coffee, as well as get acquainted with its fluffy producers, as part of an excursion to the mountain town of Dalat, when visiting the Prenn Eco-Park.

Green tea from Vietnam - how good is it?

Green tea is the traditional national drink of Vietnam. Tea trees were brought from China during the formation of the first Vietnamese state, and thanks to the suitable climate and mountainous terrain, they have taken root here perfectly. Remember the main thing is that if you are offered to taste tea, you should not refuse. It is not accepted here.

Artichokes have long been grown in the mountainous province of Lam Dong, in the vicinity of the city of Dalat. Therefore, prices for artichoke products are lower in this area.

But still, for me personally, there is nothing better than a cup of green tea with a lotus. The enchanting aroma and rich taste will not let you forget this drink. It tones the body and removes negative toxins from it. Be careful, look at the packaging for the date of manufacture. In the aforementioned products, freshness is extremely important.

In Nha Trang, there are many tea shops specializing in Vietnamese tea, as well as offering some Chinese varieties. Most of them employ sales assistants who will definitely prompt and help you choose a drink to your liking.

We recommend that you always carefully approach the choice of a tea drink, do not let yourself be lured by a low price or exotic product - after all, often tea with “mango”, “jasmine”, or various “milk oolongs” are just a flavored parody of a real delicious fermented tea. In order not to fall for the bait of an unscrupulous manufacturer, we recommend that you first of all look for the inscription “ huong“, which means fragrance or fragrance.

From ourselves, we can recommend products to you Long Dinh We have seen it for ourselves personally! Growing their tea on the sun-drenched alpine slopes of Lam Dong province, the professionals in their field harvest only the juiciest and youngest top leaves of the tea bush, so that you can enjoy the fullest taste and aroma of the drink.

Long Dinh offers a wide range of green and roasted (black) teas of premium quality. Their products can be found both in some tea shops in the city, and in the showroom of our partners, the company “La Viet Coffee” and on the website of the online store nhatrangshop.ru

P.S. There is also a good Vietfarm chain of stores in the city, which sells a large selection of tea without “firewood”.

Here you can buy just such tea, more than ten types (milk, lotus, jasmine, ginger, etc.). Also, in addition to tea, there is a good selection of dry roasted coffee by weight, without oil. All products are packed for you in a special corrugated bag, which is also sealed.

Store Address: 123 Nguyen Thien Thuat see location on the map

Tell the seller that you learned about the store from Uncle Vanya, and you will be given the highest discount in the city - 15%.

Alcoholic products

Vietnam produces quite a variety of alcoholic products of varying quality, for domestic market and for export. In addition to traditional alcoholic tinctures, rum, wine, beer and local vodka are produced here.

At the same time, the Vietnamese themselves do not really favor alcohol stronger than beer, putting strong drinks on the table only on special occasions.

For example, local wine - many people think that thanks to the French, there are still “the same”, authentic wineries that produce a worthy product. In fact, there is absolutely nothing left of the famous French quality here. Most of the wine products are produced on an industrial scale, counting on mass consumption by tourists. The quality of these drinks leaves much to be desired, as does the taste.

But no one says that good wine cannot be found here at all. First of all, in Nha Trang there are a lot of wine shops, where many excellent world wines are presented. In addition, after a good search and asking the price, you may well find a private collection of local small wineries located in the vicinity of the city of Dalat. Prices for such wine are usually more than modest, and the taste may well satisfy demanding lovers of this drink.

The quality of most types of local alcoholic products is at an acceptable level. For example, local rum - in addition to its cheapest varieties, this drink is very soft and is produced on completely natural raw materials (which grows in huge quantities on plantations around the city, we are talking, of course, about sugar cane). And Hanoi rice vodka, which is the official main strong drink of Vietnam, is not inferior in quality and softness to our premium varieties.

Most importantly, do not be too lazy to compare prices in different places, so as not to give away too much hard-earned money for a not the most expensive product.

And of course, we must definitely warn you that you should not take alcohol, supposedly infused with various fruits, coffee and cocoa, but sold in factory containers. None of the Vietnamese will complicate their lives and really infuse rum with mango or chocolate - it is much easier to add flavoring to the bottle, which is what most producers of rum drinks do with “non-classical” tastes. And even if such a drink is sold on tap in the tourist quarter - trust our experience - it is most likely a flavored cane distillate ...

There are some of the most famous brands of Vietnamese strong alcohol. For example:

• Rum Chauvet
• Rum Asia
• Vodka Hanoi
• Vodka Men

There is no need to look for a specialized alcohol market - you can find these drinks in almost any store in the city.

As for world-famous alcoholic brands, you should be careful when purchasing drinks from their production in Nha Trang. Due to the high demand, many stores dishonestly sell counterfeit and counterfeit products. Such drinks are not safe to consume, so we strongly recommend that you drink foreign alcohol only in establishments, and buy only local products in stores!

As mentioned above, locals for the most part prefer to drink beer rather than strong alcohol. Therefore, the beer produced here is of excellent quality. Moreover, all local beer is made from rice - after all, the ingredients we are used to are simply not found here in nature.

The most famous brands of beer in Vietnam:

• Saigon Bia
• Ha Noi Bia
• Bia 333
• Bia Tiger

If we talk about draft beer- here the tastes of our compatriots and Vietnamese begin to differ greatly. After all, the Vietnamese love very light beer, and do not have their own culture of bars and pubs. Therefore, draft beer is sold here freshly brewed, in iron bottles, in special establishments called “Bia Hoi”. Such beer cafes also offer a wide range of different snacks for beer and often become places for mass viewing of sports broadcasts. So we can definitely recommend visiting such places to all lovers of such a holiday!

• cask rum
• barrel wine
• plastic container
• the largest selection of elite alcoholic drinks in the city, which are cheaper than in Dutyfree
• free tasting

The store is really nicely decorated and most importantly has reasonable prices. Be sure to come if you need good alcohol.

Also, for readers of our blog, there is an opportunity to get 5% discount at the Anh Thu leather goods chain. To do this, click on the button below and show our coupon to the seller in the store.

Cloth

Silk products

Today in Vietnam a large number of factories where Vietnamese craftswomen sew products no worse than in well-known fashion houses (which, by the way, often sew their products here), copying products using identical patterns with amazing accuracy. In Nha Trang itself, there are quite a few small shops with designer clothes from young Vietnamese designers.

But first of all, Vietnam attracts with its silk products - silk clothes and paintings. Shopping in Nha Trang gives you the opportunity to choose all kinds of dresses, robes, scarves, as well as pajamas and shirts. By the way, you can order a product to order, individually, according to your standards.

Note: Traditional Vietnamese pajamas are called Ao ba ba. And the classic women's outfit - a tunic with slits on the sides and trousers - is called Ao dai.

Craftswomen from XQ create magnificent intricate embroideries on silk canvas, not only sewing custom-made clothes and traditional Vietnamese outfits, but also creating amazing masterpieces of painting.

Moreover, girls work (and only the fair sex works at XQ) directly in the exhibition halls, among their own works, so that customers can clearly see the complexity of their manual labor.

Silk paintings are incredible works of art that take months to years to complete. There are special specimens on which the master works half his life or all his life. Of course, the latest copies are priceless and are given to exceptional people, while other copies are available to everyone and at a very diverse price - on average, such paintings can be bought for prices ranging from $ 40 to $ 20,000, depending on the size, number of details and colors of the silk threads that were used in production.

Clothing made from ecological materials

There are small companies in Vietnam that produce casual and beachwear from environmentally friendly materials. There are several stores of one such company in Nha Trang. They are called “Bamboo” and as you probably guessed, absolutely all the products in their store are made from green bamboo.

With incredible strength and flexibility, bamboo fibers are an ideal material for making clothes. Their special structure allows bamboo fabrics to breathe, which is really indispensable in hot summers. And this material is absolutely hypoallergenic and does not irritate the skin!

Everyone wants to bring memorable gifts from vacation that will refresh forgotten impressions after the holidays. Buying souvenirs in Nha Trang is not a problem. The main source for buying presents is the night market, which is located in the city center, next to the local cultural center. He won the fame of the place with not very high-quality products.

Magnets, key chains, figurines, vases with the symbols of Vietnam are in great demand among tourists. Do not forget about buying national hats, popularly referred to as con. Agree, the first association that arises when mentioning Vietnam is this headdress.

By the way, the Vietnamese filter for brewing coffee called Finn, already known to you, is a great option for a gift souvenir for all coffee lovers!

Wood and stone products

In Vietnam, various caskets, figurines and even entire sets of furniture made of different types of stone and wood are very popular. Here, true masters of their craft have been creating such works of art since ancient times. We definitely recommend the work of local craftsmen - it's hard to come up with a more authentic souvenir than a classic piece of furniture from a wealthy Vietnamese house!

traditional painting

Nothing conveys the special spirit of Vietnam better than the stories of everyday peasant life among the natural beauties of this country, made using a special technique of painting with varnish on wood. Under the skillful hand of the artist, the paint can change color several times, gradually hiding under layers of varnish.

Many of these works are made by inlaying various stones into the surface of a special polished wood. This is how truly masterpieces and large-scale works sometimes startling the imagination. Often such works of art can be seen and purchased in large Buddhist temples - by creating such works, the monks themselves earn their living.

Electronics

At the moment, Vietnam has a consistently high demand for phones from Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, HTC, Sony and other brands. It's all about the price. In Vietnam, it is indeed lower by an average of 30-50 dollars than in Russia, but of course, you need to compare these prices before buying.

A great way to buy electronics in Vietnam at a low price is Lazada.vn - a site similar to our Avito, Slando, etc. Often in the vastness of his catalogs you can find phones, cameras and laptops at a price of 10-15% less than in Russia.

Also, we recommend buying equipment in Vietnam from official dealers. These are THEGIIOIDIDONG (thegioididong.com) and FPT shop yellow shops. There are many of them throughout the city. The most convenient for tourists, perhaps, are not far from the railway station and Vincom Mart.

But besides the recommendations, we would also like to warn you, dear readers, against unscrupulous sellers offering defective and, as a result, unsafe goods to use. Therefore, try to choose equipment in the stores of official dealers. or at least on large and decent looking market stalls. Also, be sure to check all electronics for serviceability “on the spot” in order to avoid possible incidents.

Other

You may also find the following services useful:

1. Optics

LILIA shop. Address: 66 Hung Vuong (Second line, in front of the night market)

2. Our electronic guide to Nha Trang

In our application dedicated to the city of Nha Trang, you will find all the information a tourist needs. including store locations, shopping centers and restaurants, as well as many useful links and directions!

If you don’t like to overpay, but you don’t feel like haggling either, then take advantage of guaranteed discounts from our partners. It's very simple, show the coupon and get a discount.

The vacation ends, the day of departure is approaching, and it's time to think about what to bring with you from your vacation in Vietnam. Of course, this resort country, like any other, is oversaturated with all kinds of magnets and souvenirs. But we are not talking about this rubbish here - there are many bright things that you will not find analogues in another country during the day with fire.

Vietnam is the country with the richest national culture, which continues to live not only in remote villages, but also in large cities. Because of this, some products that would cost a fortune in Russia can be bought in this South Asian country for next to nothing. Anyone who wants to be 100% sure of the authenticity of a souvenir can buy it in a normal store or shop, but on the market the same thing costs an order of magnitude cheaper and will come to you first hand - as they say, from the manufacturer.

Here are the top 9 best ideas what to bring from Vietnam:

For women:

1. Cosmetics.
2. Brand clothing.
3. Decorations.

For men:

1. Coffee.
2. Clothes, shoes.
3. Reptile skin products.

For children:

1. Sweets.
2. national dolls.
3. Flashlights.

Quick navigation for gifts that can be brought from Vietnam:

National souvenirs

Fan

As a souvenir from Vietnam for yourself or a loved one, you can bring a fan. You can find a variety of specimens in souvenir shops, small shops or markets.

The Vietnamese fan is a true work of art. Miniature fans can be used for their intended purpose, large ones are suitable for decorating the interior.

Each fan is inimitable and unique. Many copies are hand painted. The basis of the fan is sandalwood. This natural smooth surface is ideal for painting. Connoisseurs of original things will pay attention to fans with elegant silk embroidery. The main motifs of the artistic compositions painted on the fans are national natural landscapes, outlandish flowers and plants, the work of ordinary peasants in the field.

For your information: even a large fan can be folded compactly and brought home without damaging it.

Han doll

Vietnamese artisans create dolls from wood, ceramics, and make them using patchwork technique. The most expensive specimens are made of ivory. Dolls are presented in costumes of various peoples of Vietnam.

A bright wooden doll can be a great gift for a child, and a rare ivory doll in a national Vietnamese costume will decorate the collection of an avid collector.

Maracas

No, these are not Mexican maracas. Vietnam has its own wooden maracas. They are usually painted by hand. As a pattern, ornate patterns, views of nature are applied to the surface of a musical instrument.

Vietnamese maracas make a pleasant soft sound. Such a gift will be appreciated by music lovers, musicians, children and all lovers of overseas souvenirs.

Maracas can also be used as home decoration.

Mask

You can bring a mask from Vietnam as a keepsake. Souvenirs look bright and display a variety of emotions. Craftsmen make them from coconut and bamboo, then paint the "faces" by hand.

A mask from Vietnam is a spectacular interior gift.

sticks

Fans of oriental cuisine will surely like Vietnamese chopsticks. They are hand painted, each pair is unique. You can give the sticks to a gourmet friend or keep them for yourself. A set of sticks is the choice of practical tourists: a souvenir can be used, and not just put it "idle".

Statuette

The national religion of Vietnam is Buddhism, which is also reflected in souvenirs. On the shelves of shops and shops you can find figurines of a laughing Buddha or Hottei. Small and large figurines are made of wood and bronze.

According to the teachings of Feng Shui, a Buddha figurine brings good luck and success to the owners of the house in all matters, which means it is a great gift for any person.

casket

When choosing souvenirs and gifts that you can bring from Vietnam, you can not ignore the jewelry boxes. Large and small, painted and plain, the boxes are made of wood and natural stone. The inner surface of the products is lined with natural silk. It is better to buy caskets in specialized souvenir shops so as not to buy a fake.

Lantern

The attention of tourists will definitely be attracted by voluminous colorful Vietnamese lanterns, various in shape and size. They are especially spectacular in the form of a fire-breathing dragon. In some products, you can see moving images inside.

They are in any gift shop and department. The most popular specimens among tourists have 4 or 6 faces.

Lanterns in Vietnam are made like Chinese ones. The tradition of making these souvenirs came from there. The technology for creating lanterns involves soaking the base of bamboo. This is done in order to give the product strength and prevent decay.

The mecca of handicraft production of Vietnamese lanterns is the village of Hoi An.

The original flashlight, brought from Vietnam, will decorate any interior, please with its attractive and elegant appearance.

Nonla's hat

The "Non la" cone-shaped straw hat is the national headdress in Vietnam. With the help of such a hat, the peasants protected their head and face from the scorching rays of the sun and from rain, or used it to carry crops or as a container for water. A thin silk thread keeps the hat on the head.

Vietnamese Nonla hats are made from immature bamboo leaves (cataphylls). They are cut into strips and soaked. Palm leaves are also used as a material for creating hats. They are cleaned with sand and dried in the sun. Products acquire a snow-white color, which is protected by a layer of sulfur. Next, the craftsmen level the surface, divide it into strips and sew it together.

The Nonla hat is a typical national wardrobe item and an example of a great gift from Vietnam.

junk boat

To visit Vietnam and not go sailing along Halong Bay on a traditional Vietnamese junk for a couple of days is a real crime for any traveler. And everyone should bring an old junk boat as a souvenir or a gift from Vietnam.

Clothing and footwear

World brands

Vietnam is a country where the world's largest manufacturers of clothing and footwear have their production facilities: Converse, Nike, Adidas, etc. You can buy original branded items from famous brands here at the lowest prices. However, there is a high probability of acquiring fakes, so you should carefully consider the choice of store and products.

Traditional Vietnamese clothing

A chic gift from Vietnam will be items of national clothing, for example, the Aozai women's costume, which includes an elongated shirt with an accentuated waistline, slits on the sides and wide silk harem pants.

As a gift for a man, you can choose a Vietnamese traditional casual suit: a brown shirt, white trousers and a cloth for wrapping your head. A more solemn look is created by a long dress with slits on the sides, combined with a cotton or silk turban, made in black or brown.

Silk ties and handkerchiefs are different high quality and exclusive design.

These and other wardrobe items can be purchased in shops and markets.

Tailoring of clothes and shoes to order

A popular and inexpensive service in Vietnam is tailoring to order. Needlewomen in Hoi An will quickly and efficiently sew a dress or kimono with embroidery. To do this, you need to choose your favorite style, fabric and provide your parameters.

flip flops

Of course, you can't leave the country without traditional flip flops. These lightweight and comfortable shoes are indispensable for the warm season. Just think about it: real Vietnamese flip flops. Any person will be happy with such a gift.

Silk and fabrics

Vietnam is an ideal place to buy natural silk and silk products. It's impossible to look away from these shiny flowing fabrics. The silk here is of high quality and affordable. Shops and markets in Vietnam are full of silk robes and pajamas, rich bedding sets, scarves and stoles, dresses, blouses.

It is also better to purchase valuable fabrics in branded stores and in factories in order to avoid disappointment from buying a fake. There you can also learn about the process of making fabrics and order tailoring.

Reptile skin products

Continental Vietnam is a humid hot jungle, a great place for all kinds of reptiles. Vietnamese leather craftsmen make a variety of items and accessories from reptile skin: bags, wallets and purses, business card holders, belts and bracelets. A quality leather item is a good gift that will always be relevant.

But the most interesting thing in Vietnam is the crocodiles. The Vietnamese have long been catching them for the sake of a very valuable skin - clothes, bags, local ritual masks were made from it. You may find a mask on the market, but you won’t be able to bring it with you. We'll have to stop at a more modest product made of crocodile skin. The prices are ridiculous, for only fifty dollars you can buy a handbag or a luxurious cigarette case.

Fruits and how to bring them correctly

Vietnam is the birthplace of exotic fruits: mangosteen, lychee, rambutan and more famous mangoes, pineapples, bananas. Tourists bring them home fresh, candied, in the form of candied fruits and chips.

How to bring fruits from Vietnam? Just follow the rules: they should not be washed, separated from each other with wrapping paper and natural cloth. Ripe bananas and mangoes are best eaten locally as they are difficult to bring intact.

Crocodile meat

Surprising as it may seem to us Europeans, people in Vietnam also eat crocodile meat. Not to say that crocodile meat is sold here at every turn, but tasting an exotic dish in a good restaurant in Da Nang or Nha Trang is not a problem. If you want to find something that you can easily bring from Vietnam, and that this something will make a big impression on your friends, then buy dried or frozen crocodile meat. An appropriate reputation with friends is provided to you.

Coffee

Vietnam is the world's leading coffee exporter. The main deliveries are made to the EU countries. In Russia, Vietnamese coffee is a rarity. This country is a real paradise for coffee lovers. The drink is not brewed here, but brewed using metal filters.

The coffee here is cheap and good quality. For $4 you can buy 1 kg of good coffee. The best place to buy coffee in Vietnam is coffee plantations near Da Lat. Here you can try different types of drink and go on an excursion.

In Vietnam, you can try and bring with you kopi luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world. The technology of "production" of such coffee is very peculiar: a small animal musang eats the fruits of the coffee tree (coffee cherries), digests the shell in the stomach and then excretes coffee beans in the form of its waste products. This is Kopi Luwak. Such a gift is suitable only for real aesthetes, for everyone else it is better to choose classic coffee, presented here by more than 30 varieties. For example, the varieties Nguyen Trung (Trung Nguyen) and Arabica are distinguished by a particularly mild taste. The Robusta variety contains a large% of caffeine and has a sharp taste, for an amateur.

Tea

Vietnamese people drink green tea. One of the most popular varieties - Thai Nguyen comes from the province of Vietnam with the same name. The drink is served hot or cold. In branded tea shops, you can taste the drink before buying.

The taste and aroma of tea is often enriched with additives in the form of jasmine and lotus petals. The cost of tea without additives starts from $ 4; aromatic - from 6.5.

Green tea lovers will appreciate the local drink, and as a sweet snack, you can buy Vietnamese toffee with coconut milk.

Sweets

Natural Vietnamese sweets without chemical additives are in perfect harmony with tart tea:

• candied slices of local fruits;
• nougat sweets;
• tender coconut milk;
• peanut;
• lotus seeds.

Candy with seeds

In any store or shop, you will be offered sweets that are very popular in Vietnam, inside of which the lotus seed rests. In their appearance and texture, they resemble our glazed peanuts, but the taste! To put it mildly, he is not at all the same, few people can get used to him. If your loved ones have a healthy sense of humor, then bring these sweets and treat them. Naturally, it is not worth warning about their unusual composition.

exotic tinctures

As mentioned above, there are countless reptiles in the jungles of Vietnam. There is little use for them, and there is practically nothing there, except that the skin can be used to make something. But the cunning Vietnamese did find snakes worthy use as the main ingredient for medicinal tinctures. Do not be lazy, go to the market, look for a traditional medicine shop. You may not dare to bring such a drink with you, but the very contemplation of all these jars-bottles on the shelves, in which it is not clear what is marinated, will impress you.

Cosmetics

Vietnamese cosmetics for hair, face and body skin care are famous for their natural composition. They include: aloe vera, turmeric, coconut milk and oil, snail slime, etc.

Peelings are effective and therefore very popular in Vietnam. They are based on fruit acids, and hair masks are used with a natural extract of orchid flowers.

The most popular samples of care cosmetics that you can bring from Vietnam:

1. Korean Holica Holica Gel: soothes the skin after adverse effects, 99% aloe. This gel can be bought in Nha Trang.
2. Acne 25+ by Mentholatum: cleansing gel wash with soft exfoliating granules. The tool can be purchased for $4.
3. Skin care mask with turmeric or aloe vera and cucumber: has a liquid consistency, after application it forms a film, it is removed after 15 minutes.
4. pearl powder: Suitable for improving skin condition and whitening teeth.
5. Mask-film based activated carbon : deeply cleanses the skin, eliminates imperfections.
6. Scrubs and peels with charcoal: You can find them in local cosmetic shops in any city in Vietnam.
7. Collagen & Algae Seed Treatment: after using it, the skin becomes matte, firmer and healthier.
8. Cream with snail mucus Helix Aspersa Ohio: for lovers of the exotic.
9. Cream AHA Collagen Snail, Snail Gold: just a godsend for fans of Asian cosmetics.
10. Day and night cream Ocsen Ban Ngay: snail secret remedy from famous brand Thoracao.

In general, cosmetics from Thoracao are in great demand among Vietnamese and European women. Hair care products of this brand are also popular, for example, shampoo with saponin soap bean pods. Due to its natural composition, it is also suitable for children.

As a gift for yourself and loved ones, you should buy Vietnamese coconut oil. This is an incredibly beneficial product for hair and skin.

Jewelry and gems

In Vietnam, the lowest price is silver, and jewelry made from this metal amaze with beauty and grace. Pearls are always popular and jewelry with him. Beautiful and high-quality jewelry with black, pink and white pearls can be bought for $10-20.

In the markets you can find cheap jewelry made of silver and ivory. For an expensive and exclusive gift, it is better to go to Nha Trang branded stores. The prices there are correspondingly higher.

Jewelry stores have a huge selection of gems. They are sold with a certificate that guarantees the authenticity of the treasures. When buying jewelry, you need to beware of fakes.

Porcelain

Porcelain connoisseurs will find remarkable items in Vietnam: hand-painted bowls and vases of various shapes and sizes, plates, dishes and entire sets. Vietnamese porcelain products are unique. The drawings reflected national motives.

Dishes, as a household item or a product for interior decoration, are always a valuable and spectacular gift.

The invariable advice to tourists is to be careful not to buy fake copies.

What to bring specifically from each city in Vietnam

Now we will tell you what souvenirs and gifts you should look for in a particular city in Vietnam.

What can be brought specifically from Nha Trang

There is a museum in Nha Trang where you can admire the most beautiful paintings, buy them and bring them to your homeland. Their stories are conveyed with the help of hand embroidery on silk. Looks very impressive. Here you can see the process of creating works of art and purchase them. The cost of products depends on the degree of complexity of the work and on their size. Nha Trang is also famous for high-quality and inexpensive reptile skin products, jewelry, silk, cosmetics.

From Mui Ne you can bring home pearls and jewelry.

If you are in Phan Thiet, then bring from this city: leather goods, branded clothing and traditional Vietnamese goods.

To the daredevils who went to Hanoi you can bring: sweets, dolls, lanterns, interior items. On the local streets it's all very easy to find at low prices. Also pay attention to branded clothes, shoes, coffee and tea, jewelry and interior items.

From Ho Chi Minh City bring home leather goods, jewelry, sweets, fruits.

What can not be exported from Vietnam

We have compiled a complete list of souvenirs and gifts that you cannot take with you from Vietnam. It includes the following items:

Gold. Gold jewelry is sold in jewelry stores and specialized departments in the bazaar. Products from this precious metal in Vietnam are cheap, but you have to stop when total weight decorations will be 300 g. If the tourist intends to purchase more, it is necessary to obtain permission from the National Bank of Vietnam.

Souvenirs made from local inhabitants. This list includes: products made from animals and reptiles, stuffed sea turtles, products made from bones, teeth, wool of rare animals, feathers of rare bird species, rare Vietnamese plants, natural corals.

Antiques. Without special certificates, it is impossible to export art and antiques, precious stones and jewelry with them from the country.

You can bring shells, but in very small quantities.

• watermelons (they can crack, stain passengers and the aircraft cabin);
• coconuts (the shell of the fruit is not translucent, therefore, there may be forbidden things inside);
• durian (when the skin is damaged, an unpleasant odor occurs).

You cannot take out more than 3 bottles of alcohol in glass containers from Vietnam (based on 1 person).

In Vietnam, you can find exquisite national souvenirs for every taste and budget, thereby taking with you a piece of this diverse country.

Decide for yourself what you should always bring with you from Vietnam: banal souvenirs, interest in which will evaporate in a week, or something non-standard. There are no Vietnamese comrades for the taste and color.

Traveling around the world, you always want to bring something to remember the trip. Therefore, it is not surprising that abroad everyone asks the question: What to bring as a souvenir? And Vietnam is no exception. This Asian country has a lot of interesting and useful things: Vietnam is a paradise for shopaholics and lovers of exotic souvenirs. You will be surprised not only by the range of goods, but also by low prices.

Markets and shops

Prices in local markets and in shops are not much, but they differ. Typically, stores sell branded clothing and shoes, appliances, jewelry and souvenirs. By the way, there are few such shops in Vietnam. In the markets, you can buy everything the same, but handicraft, plus an abundance of hand-made products. They are aimed at local buyers and those who want to save on goods.

The only disadvantage of market products is their quality (not counting food). With a low price and excellent bargaining, tourists stuff their suitcases with anything and everything. Usually the choice of souvenirs depends entirely on which region of the country you are in. Then comes the question of how much you have. And the last. You must decide what it should be: a gift or a souvenir.

Coffee and tea

Usually tourists bring tea or coffee from Vietnam. Green tea is sold everywhere here - pure and with various additives - with lotus, ginger, oolong and others. In order not to make a mistake with the choice of tea, we advise you to buy it in a store where you can try it. Usually they buy Than Nguyen teas. A kilogram of tea will cost between $6.5 (with additives) and $4 (pure tea).

Vietnam has very high quality coffee (the second country in the world in terms of coffee exports). True, there is one point: the Vietnamese know their secrets and secrets of brewing coffee. They have a whole ceremony here. Therefore, if you want to have the same coffee at home as in Vietnam, you need to buy a special cup for brewing coffee and watch the brewing process in a cafe. Of the popular varieties of coffee, they usually carry Nguyen Trung or Kopi Luwak. Usually, a kilogram of high-quality coffee will cost from $ 4 (it all depends on the bean size and variety).

fabrics

As you know, Vietnam is famous for its natural silks. But it is best to buy silk not in the market from merchants, but in shops at the factory. If you take a product made of silk, pay attention to the thing completely - so that the pattern is uniform, so that there is no marriage (hooks, knots). Usually they buy bathrobes, dresses, stoles, shirts. So, a bathrobe will cost about $11, pajamas - $6-8.

They also bring handmade paintings or handmade fans embroidered on silk from Vietnam. But the cost of such products is high. For a picture embroidered on silk, you can pay up to $100 (size 60x40), large canvases cost from $350, and handkerchiefs $2 each. Please note that after washing the product "sits down". Therefore, it is worth buying silk clothes one size larger.

Leather Products

Compared to other countries, reptile leather products are not that expensive. Usually they are sewn from crocodile or snake skin. For example, a men's belt costs $6-10, wallets and small bags for $10-15, a women's small bag - from $2.

Clothing and footwear

Branches of well-known brand companies Nike and Adidas have been opened in Vietnam. Therefore, you can buy clothes and shoes from these trademarks at low prices (in Ukraine they cost four times more, and it’s not a fact that you will buy a branded item). For example, here you can buy sneakers for $50, and T-shirts and T-shirts for $6-10.

Jewelry and gems

As with other goods, prices for silver, gold and pearl items in Vietnam differ significantly from Ukrainian prices. And, of course, you need to buy such products in specialized stores. Require certificates for all products! The cheapest pearl products are sold on the coast of the China Sea. It is there that he is caught (grown). In Saigon, you pay twice for pearl jewelry. Before making a purchase, consult with someone who understands pearls. Pearl products cost from $8 and up (depending on what you want to buy - a ring, beads or the pearl itself). And pearls are sold white, black and pink.

The country has the cheapest silver products. And they are very beautiful. A pair of silver earrings will cost from $2. Products made of silver with precious stones will be expensive, almost like ours, but you will not find such a cut in Ukraine. Some bring silverware and cutlery from Vietnam.

Exotic tinctures and alcoholic drinks

There is no excise tax on alcohol in Vietnam, so elite foreign drinks are inexpensive. In addition, more than 100 types of alcoholic products are produced in the country. From local alcohol, they prefer to bring rum, with different additives and tastes. Alcohol tinctures with various reptiles are brought as souvenirs - with snakes, lizards, iguanas, scorpions and frogs. Usually such souvenirs are sold in markets and private shops. The price depends on the container and the animal that is alcoholized in the bottle - from $2 to $10.

Fruit

This country has a huge selection of exotic fruits. Including there are non-perishable ones that you can bring home. For example, lychee, longan, mangosteen, rambutan and many others. Before buying, be sure to bargain, because the prices for fruits are inflated several times. In stores, the price of fruit is set (bargaining is inappropriate). We advise you to purchase phytosanitary documents from sellers. And find out at the Ukrainian customs (before flying to Vietnam) which fruits are forbidden to be imported into our country. So that upon arrival they are simply not confiscated from you. As a gift, you can buy fruit chips from mango or ginger in Vietnam, sweets with fruit fillings.

National souvenirs

From the abundance of souvenirs on the market stalls in Vietnam, eyes run wide. Folk craftsmen are doing their best. Here you have bamboo products, and wooden plates, trays, figurines, painted vases, musical instruments, items inlaid with mother-of-pearl, household utensils - spoons, forks, hairpins, chopsticks, paintings, masks, caskets, national dolls and more.

Vietnamese slippers and panama hats made of banana (or palm) leaves are considered a traditional souvenir in the country. True, do not look at the size of the slippers - they do not correspond to our sizes (measure the length with a ruler). Flip flops are cheap and cost $1 a pair. The hat also comes in the same price (sometimes cheaper).

traditional medicine

Many tourists bring traditional medicines from Vietnam as souvenirs. This is both the famous Asterisk balm (6 pieces for $ 1), and various rubbing - cobra, python or tiger fats. Balms for rubbing from sciatica here cost from $1.5, creams for dermatitis from $4, tinctures for "male strength" from $2, many ointments, balms of natural origin, dietary supplements. And, of course, all of them need to be bought only in pharmacies, and not in the markets.

Have you made sure that you can bring a suitcase of souvenirs from Vietnam as a gift to your family and friends? So, take care of extra luggage for everything you are going to buy in this exotic country. Good luck and have fun!

Returning from a tourist trip, we always strive to keep warm memories of it, bring different things and souvenirs with you to please relatives and friends or leave it as a keepsake.

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Are in special demand exotic spirits. They are sold in glass bottles and are based on snakes, scorpions or lizards. Such drinks can be prepared even in the presence of a tourist.

girl

All girls love jewelry, jewelry. That's why immediately pay attention to pearls. In Vietnam, you can buy it of good quality and at a bargain price.

They sell it on almost every corner, so you need to approach the choice very carefully. Better to buy jewelry in well-known stores - HungVuong, TranPhu, Nguyen Thien Thuat.

Here you can provide a certificate for the products, but you will have to pay more. In the tourist area, prices are cheaper, but the rice to buy a fake increases.

When choosing a gift for a girl, you should once again return to branded Vietnamese cosmetics, sweets, fruits and clothes. We will not dwell on them in detail.

To kid

What souvenirs to bring from Vietnam? For children, they often bring different national souvenirs and toys made of wood and fabric, as well as fruits, sweets, tea, clothes. The markets sell a lot of quality children's clothes at competitive prices.

Vietnam is an amazing country with a rich culture, special life and long history.

There are so many different interesting things, souvenirs and gifts that you can bring from this country. They will be able to please and remind you of a warm trip for a long time.