Hanoi shopping corridors

Hang Gai

Silk and pictures.

Do · Go deep in one corridor.

Don’t · Do not add West Lake shopping.

Hanoi silk

Dong Xuan

Wholesale market.

Do · Daytime.

Don’t · Not a night market.

Dong Xuan

Trang Tien

Lakeside mall.

Do · In rain.

Don’t · Do not stack with Hang Gai as two main halls.

Trang Tien Plaza

South mall

Vincom / Royal City.

Do · Pick one.

Don’t · Do not binge Old Quarter lanes after.

Hanoi mall

Lotte

West Ba Dinh mall.

Do · View optional.

Don’t · Not Beer Street.

Lotte Hanoi

Old Quarter night

Weekend night street.

Do · One night.

Don’t · Not the same night as West Lake cafés.

Old Quarter night market

West Lake shore

Dining and flowers.

Do · Lake axis.

Don’t · Do not return to Thirty-Six Streets.

West Lake

Silk street or mall

Hang Gai is lanes; Vincom/Lotte is air-con. Pick one kind first.

Hanoi shopping

When is Dong Xuan

Daytime wholesale feel. Not Beer Street night.

Dong Xuan market

Which night for the market

Weekend main streets are fuller. Weekdays: bia hơi or lake cafés.

Old Quarter night market

Lotte or Vincom

West Ba Dinh or south. One hall a day.

Hanoi mall

Is Quang Ba a dawn trip

Flowers and seafood lean dawn. Do not schedule after a late Beer Street.

Quang Ba

Is AEON Long Bien worth it

Worth it for a large mall across the river. Do not force it onto an Old Quarter shopping day.

AEON Hanoi

What Pho Hue is for

Cloth and gold. Daytime.

Pho Hue

How to walk Hang Gai

Enter west of the lake; you can close toward the cathedral.

Hang Gai Hanoi

Royal City or Times City

South or east. Each is a half-day — not both the same day.

Times City Hanoi

What Trang Tien is for

Lakeside mall and ice-cream street energy. Handy in rain.

Trang Tien