The Place Where Travellers Can Experience Shopping Tour In Ho Chi Minh City

Shopping in Ho Chi Minh City is the best idea to get a satisfying shopping experience. Everyone can find an array of international brands and renowned local designs within these shopping malls below.

 

• Saigon Square

If travelers want to look for bargains in Ho Chi Minh City, they should head to Saigon Square 1 on the corner of Nam Kỳ Khởi and Le Loi in District 1. This shopping arcade is packed with stalls on two levels selling fashion, accessories and jewelry. Even though it’s always bustling with shoppers and the stalls’ prices are better than some shopping mall near it. Traveler should go along the aisles to seek something that takes their fancy because shops and stalls in Saigon Square are seemingly placed haphazardly around. This is to be seemed a specific of Saigon Square.

At Saigon Square tourists can find the abundance of choices such as shirts, t-shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, evening gowns, different kinds of shoes, even some winter style boots, winter wear, ski suits, phone accessories, jewelry, watches, bags and small leather goods, belts, underwear, kid’s clothes, souvenirs, sunglasses,  and much more.

Saigon Square has become a shopping landmark of many kinds of goods – an icon of Ho Chi Minh City commerce. If tourists can’t find something at one outlet, they have always a chance to get it at another Saigon Square on Hai Ba Trung Street. Both venues have almost the same retailers with a slight difference in choice and size. This place is one of the biggest indoor markets in Saigon where tourists can find a wide range of products for very affordable prices. This market is popular among both locals and tourists as it shelters a variety of shopping corners with not only needed, but also desirable products.

• Time Open: 9:00am – 9:00pm.
• Address 1: 77-89 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, District 1
• Address 2: 179E-185 Hai Ba Trung Street, District 1

 

• Vincom Center

With more than 250 shops, Vincom Center is Ho Chi Minh City’s biggest shopping mall. Because of big scale, it was separated into two separate buildings – Vincom Center A with French style and Vincom Center B with modern style. If tourists are looking for international products then this should be their first stop because almost international luxury brands have appeared in stores. There are also some convenient restaurants and cafes serving food from most regions including many international franchises.

Vincom Cenre A is the smaller and prettier one, with a beautiful, baroque styled façade.  The top brands in world fashion which pull customers in with inventive displays such as Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren and Hermes. As well as premium fashion, there are a limited number of electronics retailers and bespoke home decor shops on the higher floors. On the basement floor, there is a Kids Yard where children can play some games and next door, an excellent Paris Baguette bakery that sells a wide range of goods and some of the most delicious baguettes in Ho Chi Minh.

Acrossing Dong Khoi Street is Vincom Center B. From the exterior, there is a sheer glass frontage stretching up 26 storeys. Inside, many international brands are the same Vincom Center A such as Jimmy Choo, DKNY, Charles & Keith and a host of jewellery and perfume shops. This shopping mall is a little easier to navigate as its stores around the elevators so shoppers can see what is on the floors above and below. On the basement floor of Vincom B there is an excellent food court with Buds Ice Cream, Carl’s Jr burgers, Seoul Garden, and many other offerings from across the world.

• Time Open: 9:00am – 10:00pm.
• Address 1: Vicom Center A: 171 Dong Khoi Street, District 1
• Address 2: Vicom Center B: 72 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1

 

• Diamond Plaza

Diamond Plaza is a beautifully department store in a Ho Chi Minh City surrounded by many of the city’s most attractive sites, such as Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon Post Office, and the April 30th Park – a charming open space with tall trees and greenery. The department store is housed in a charming colonial-looking building, with an attractive glass-fronted office block rising up into the sky just behind the shopping center. There are many reasons to visit Diamond Plaza, not least for the world class shopping: cosmetics, perfumes, watches and jewelry occupy the first floor, both men’s and women’ wear on the second, including formal attire and most major sporting brands, and on the third floor there is a convenient collection of electronic products and mobile phones.

The other main reason for choosing to visit Diamond Plaza is the entertainment options such as the large bowling alley, especially; Superbowl Vietnam is modern and colorful with all the flashing lights and loud clatter of pins common in bowling alleys across the world, and video arcade on the fourth floor, and the Diamond Cinema on the 13th floor where shows all the major Hollywood blockbusters and although it only has six screens, it’s a very convenient location if travelers are looking for a cinema in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh. Movies are played in English with Vietnamese subtitles and prices are generally much lower than in most western countries.

• Time open: 9:30am – 10:30pm
• Address: 34 Le Duan Street, District 1

After a long day of shopping, why not relax and unwind in Bay Hotel where people can experience 13 Designer Rooms, 13 Business Rooms, 164 Deluxe Rooms, and 61 Superior Rooms. All types of room in Bay Hotel are equipped with free WIFI access, safe, and flat-screen TV broadcasting national and international channels that will be the ideal choice for travelers.  Besides, there are also a CHIC Restaurant with Asian flavors, a swimming pool, a spa, and Propeller bar, one of the best roof top bars in Ho Chi Minh City.

• Address: 7 Ngo Van Nam Street, District 1