WHEN shopping activity and travel to Singapore and Malaysia was boring, Vietnam offers alternative shopping. Ho Ci Minh City for example. The city offers something new and Indonesia is now a tourist magnet.
The roads to the neighboring countries for recreation more comfortable if it knows where to buy a souvenir to take home. Yes, tours and shopping are two sides of a coin that can not be separated. Both of them seem to be a single unit. This occurs in almost all corners of the world. In each area a tourist destination, there are no shopping paradise.
Each city or state would be set up in the country as a special tempattempat shopping site that can be visited by foreign tourists. Not least in Vietnam. Country formerly known as the country's war, now transformed into a country that is growing rapidly.
Ho Chin Minh or formerly known as Saigon, is also transformed into an attractive city to visit. The goods are sold there is in fact cheaper. For the backpacker, Vietnam flavor-it's perfect for a visit for the cost of living there are not too expensive compared to Malaysia or Singapore.
For the adventurous who want to shop, there are various items that are sold cheaply. Product brands, real or fake (asphalt) flourished there. However, the difference with in Indonesia, the quality of asphalt stuff in there nice and the prices are equally skewed.
Well, one of the shopping can visit is the Russian Market. In this place the rest of the export goods are sold. The prices offered cheaper. Russian Market is located on the second floor of Lucky Plaza building, Saigon area. The majority are sold here is the rest of the export production of Vietnam, of which local fashion clothing and Vietnam.
On price, the average priced Rp70.000 to Rp300.000. The quality of the goods sold was fairly good. For the rest of the export-quality goods, including a very cheap price.
If you want to find leather goods, such as wallets or belts, go to the Lok Loi. Along this road there are several outlets that specialize in selling fashion products from the original animal skins, especially reptiles. A number of shops selling various kinds of preparations that have been shaped reptile leather purses, handbags, belts and other accessories. Any variety of designs available and sufficient to attract attention.
Binh Tay Market is also worth visiting. This is a traditional market that is very complete. No need to bother to bargain because the price is quite cheap and often sold at wholesale prices by the seller. But because of wholesale goods, some of the accessories sold by the major parties. However, for the collection of clothes and bags can still be purchased unit.
Another traditional market area is the Ben Thanh Market. Variety of accessory products, bags, paintings, and wooden handicrafts are sold in traditional markets. In this market also largely sold accessories to the material, such as pearls, coral stone, marble, and silver.
If lazy to visit the traditional market, An Dong Plaza can be visited to search for various purposes. On the ground floor, there are rows of stalls selling gold jewelry and accessories such as barrettes. Here also sold a variety of variants of shoes, from flats to wedges.
Women and men's clothing collection with a variety of models is also available here. Vietnam offers many other shopping venue. If visits to other countries is boring, Vietnam seems to be an alternative to looking for another sensation. Besides shopping, this place there is also the beauty of the buildings and places of tourist interest.
