Ho Chi Minh City Shopping

  1. Blue Space Gallery

    HCMC is brimming with art galleries. Good places to browse are the handful of galleries around the Fine Arts Museum and along Ð Dong Khoi. You'll find excellent top-quality works at the following places: Blue Space Gallery , Lacquer & Oil and Vinh Loi Gallery. Any of these places will ship worldwide. For low-quality reproductions of famous paintings, visit the painting shops along Ð Bui Vien in Pham Ngu Lao.

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  2. Lacquer & Oil

    HCMC is brimming with art galleries. Good places to browse are the handful of galleries around the Fine Arts Museum and along Ð Dong Khoi. For low-quality reproductions of famous paintings, visit the painting shops along Ð Bui Vien in Pham Ngu Lao. You'll also find excellent top-quality works at Lacquer & Oil. They also ship worldwide.

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  3. Lotus

    For vintage propaganda posters (from the 60s and 70s), this place is a goldmine. Expect to pay plenty for an original but there also prints available. Why the store is named Lotus - a symbol of purity - nobody seems to know.

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  4. Mai Handicrafts

    While the Dong Khoi district is lined with small shops selling all manner of pretty items for adorning the self or the home, this shop is a place where you can consume with a clear conscience. A fair-trade shop dealing in ceramics, ethnic fabrics and other gift items, its proceeds support disadvantaged families and street children.

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  5. Nguyen Freres

    Nguyen Freres, in business since 1995, stocks a lovely assortment of antique furnishings and textiles, pillowcases, silks, pottery and lamps. Their noble aim? To share Vietnamese culture with the world.

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  7. Precious Qui

    Precious Qui specialises in lacquerware and accessories (interesting forks and spoons) in contemporary, minimalist designs fashioned from buffalo horn. They also stock a limited selection of celadon ceramic ware.

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  8. Vinh Loi Gallery

    HCMC is brimming with art galleries. Good places to browse are the handful of galleries around the Fine Arts Museum and along Ð Dong Khoi. For low-quality reproductions of famous paintings, visit the painting shops along Ð Bui Vien in Pham Ngu Lao. You'll also find excellent top-quality works at Vinh Loi Gallery. They'll also ship worldwide.

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