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Top places to shop in Nha Trang
Shopping in Nha Trang is one of the best ways to immerse yourself in the local culture during your Vietnam holiday. Offering a laidback experience, Nha Trang is filled with humble-looking shops and local supermarkets where vendors sell a wide array of local produce, handicrafts, clothing, and jewellery. While goods here are sold at relatively low prices, you can still exercise your bargaining skills to get better deals. Nha Trang’s street markets are also vibrant and fascinating places to enjoy a day of retail therapy. Packed with marketgoers as early as 04:00, you can find a variety of seafood freshly caught from the sea. As Vietnam’s most popular coastal towns, dried delicacies such as seaweed, shrimp, and squid are must-buys in Nha Trang. Read on to discover our list of the top places to shop in Nha Trang.
Nha Trang Market
Opening Hours: Daily 04:00 – 18:00
Address: Ben Cho, Van Thanh, Nha Trang
Nha Trang Market is hailed as the busiest shopping venue in the city centre, where you can find rows of stalls selling handmade clothes, trinkets, fresh produce, and local special products. Also known as Dam Market, it takes place within a three-storey building and opens as early as 04:00 every day. It is also fairly well organised. Local souvenir shops are set in the front and middle sections while meat and fish stalls are located at the back. A staple in any coastal town in Vietnam, make sure you check out the dry seafood section to the right of the building for a variety of dried delicacies such as shrimp, seaweed, and cuttlefish.
Vinh Luong Market
Opening Hours: Daily 04:00 – 18:00
Address: 1A National Road, Luong Son, Vinh Luong, Nha Trang
Located near Nha Trang Port, Vinh Luong Market offers an authentic shopping experience. Open from 04:00, it is accessible within a 20-minute drive from Nha Trang City. The market is great for experiencing the local culture as it is always bustling with residents shopping for fresh seafood, meat, and vegetables as well as household supplies. You can find a variety of local snacks here, including spring rolls, pancakes, and papaya salads. Best of all, items sold at Vinh Luong Market are much cheaper compared to the more touristy markets in Nha Trang.
Nha Trang Centre
Opening Hours: Daily 09:00 – 22:00
Address: 20 Tran Phu Street, Nha Trang
Tel: +84 58 6261 999
Nha Trang Centre is the first shopping mall of its kind here, where you can find fashion boutiques, entertainment centres, restaurants and cafés, as well as a food court and cinema. Set along the popular Tran Phu Street, this beachfront complex is a great place to shop for cosmetics, jewellery, shoes, accessories, perfume, sports equipment, and apparel by renowned international brands such as Levi’s, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Samsonite, and Nike. After a day of shopping, patrons can enjoy a game of bowling, catch the latest films, or unwind with drinks and live music at Nha Trang Centre’s rooftop pool lounge.
XQ Hand Embroidery
Opening Hours: Daily 09:00 – 22:00
Address: 64 Tran Phu Street, Nha Trang
Tel: +84 58 352 6579
XQ Hand Embroidery, set along Tran Phu Street, specialises in silk apparel and hand-embroidered portraiture. More of a craft centre than a souvenir shop, it is built to resemble a Vietnamese village home (complete with a garden courtyard), where you can see locals in traditional clothes working on new pieces around the store. The atmosphere here is similar to a museum, where you can wander and browse through the displayed items at your own pace. In addition to premade embroideries of landscapes, flowers, animals, and famous celebrities, you can also have your portrait embroidered at XQ Hand Embroidery.
Maximark Supermarket
Opening Hours: Daily 09:00 – 22:00
Address: 60 Thai Nguyen Street, Nha Trang
Tel: +84 58 381 8727
Maximark Supermarket is a western-style supermarket that’s just a five-minute walk away from Nha Trang Cathedral. The supermarket is situated on the first floor, where patrons can find an array of imported food items such as chocolates, noodles, frozen meat and seafood while apparel, cosmetics, and accessories are available on the upper levels. Patrons can also enjoy arcade games on the fourth floor, with tokens priced at VND 2,000 each. Meanwhile, Lotte Cinema showcases the latest English movies for about VND 50,000.
Artful Collection
Opening Hours: Daily 10:00 – 21:30
Address: 20A Nguyen Thien That, Nha Trang
Tel: +84 126 376 1020
Artful Collection is a tranquil art gallery that’s owned by French photographer Thiery Beyne, who has been living and taking pictures of Vietnam for more than a decade. Great for photography enthusiasts, this establishment houses hundreds of limited editions and original black-and-white prints of his journeys throughout Vietnam, from Sapa to Phu Quo. Artful Collection also has a souvenir shop and stylish café, where you can enjoy light bites, coffee, smoothies, beers, and French wines. Thiery Beyne is more than happy to answer any queries on photography and travelling around Vietnam you may have.
Update day: 14/12/2018
Update day: 14/12/2018
