If possible, if you have any links to images that relate to the construction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, could you please give them to me because I can't seem to find any....
My girlfriend and I are looking to relocate from Canada to Hanoi Vietnam for the beginning of October and are just wondering a few things. First we'd like to get a place before we go within the ...
Seriously, EVERY Vietnamese person I've ever met has had the surname Nguyen, not that there's anything wrong with that name but is there any reason why so many Vietnamese people have that ...
We will be travelling to Vietnam in July and are planning a 5 night /6 day tour from HCMC/Mekong/Phu Quoc /Cau Dau/Phenh Penh with TNK tours Vietnam. We would appreciate comments from travellers who ...
Chau Doc Town is in the South of VN, AN Giang province. A lot of tourists have visited here. These days, Chau Doc has been crowded with tourists, because a festival is coming. My huose is in CD, so I ...
How many stars in the guy, how many fish in the sea. My dear, there are more than your could ever traipse round and in a month and then some.
As to what they sell, this does range from the kind of cheap stuff you mention - Hello Kitty is increasingly popular with young Vietnamese girls so don't just look in gift shops - to high quality Vietnamese goods. You can however get cheaper stuff buy buying things in the towns and villages where they are made. You should also be ready to bargain fiercely, especially in the cheaper stalls such as Ben Thanh market. You can often reduce prices by 50% or more.
Good luck but please be careful with your purse, there are a lot of snatch thieves on motorbikes. Also avoid to carry anything else too expensive they can grab when on the street and do not wear expensive watches or jewellery. My friend was dragged 20 metres along the road on her knees by such a thief and her knees were a dreadful mess.
Don't be scared though, just careful and have fun.
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I don't think you could count all of them. There is cheap stuff and beautiful artistic items. Just about anything you could ask for. cheers fm