Shopping in Hanoi?

Question

Where is the biggest shopping center in Hanoi?

Answer 1

Cipura, Vietnam’s first regional mall, is going up six miles from Hanoi’s city center. Hope it can help~

Answer 2

There are only two proper shopping centres in Hanoi, Trang Tien Plaza and Vincom City Towers (pretty new). Both are located in the Hoan Kiem District. Trang Tien Plaza is near the south east corner of Lake Hoan Kiem.

To be honest, the malls aren't great. The old quarter area around the cathedral is a bit of a shopping centre in itself, hundreds of little shops all next to each other. More choice, better prices.

Answer 3

Most everyone will point out various malls or Đồng Xuân Market as the biggest shopping center in Hanoi, but those suggestions are thinking too small. The biggest shopping center in Hanoi is the Hoan Kiem District.  

The Hoan Kiem District is like a great big Super Wal-Mart. Most every street specializes in one kind of trade or product (shoes on Shoe Street, pants on Pants Street, etc.). This began with the Old Quarter hundreds of years ago.

A shop keeper would train their trade to their children or an apprentice. Subsequently, they would open shop next door or just down the street. Hundreds of years later, you will find whole streets and blocks selling the same type of products or providing the same kind of service. The Old Quarter has fast become more of a tourist trap now, but much of Hoan Kiem District still follows the same commerce layout that was established a long time ago.

Of course, there is the Trang Tien Mall on the Southeast corner of Hoan Kiem Lake, which will surprise you that a Western style mall is located in a communist country. Did you know that Trang Tien Street is the bookstore street? Trang Tien used to be the red light district when the French controlled Vietnam. The Đồng Xuân Market has hundreds of merchants selling anything you can think of. A couple blocks away is the electronics neighborhood, where anything that uses batteries, can be plugged in or has buttons is sold.

Instead of a shopping cart, take a tax with a driver that knows how to shop Hoan Kiem District. Happy shopping!

Answer 4

in the downtown . or around the old quarter

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Answer 5

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