Asian Fish
34 Mac Thi Buoi, Q1 
Tel: 3829 9836
Arts and crafts store selling locally made items and designs created by the Japanese owner. The collection includes clothing, bags, sandals, crockery, jewellery and chopsticks. Take a rest in the lovely little café out back, ca phe sua da for VND24,000. 

Em Em
38 Mac Thi Buoi, Q1 
Tel: 3829 4408
Attractive little boutique specialising in local produce, such as tablemats, crockery, lamps, jewellery, chess sets, bags and many other random articles. A favourite of Japanese visitors.

Ninh Khuong Embroidery
83 Dong Khoi, Q1 
Tel: 3827 9079
www.ninhkhuong.vn
Table cloths, pillow cases and other assorted soft furnishings all in 100 percent natural fabrics with exquisite stitching and embroidery work.

Orient Carpet
41-47 Dong Du, Saigon Hotel, Q1
Tel: 3829 3953
Offers variety of carpets, from the nomadic desert tribes to the mountain villages, from Qashgai and Bakhtiari in Persia to Turkeman and Mazar-E-Sharif in Afghanistan. Also sells silk carpets making your living space sophisticated and elegant.

Sapa
125 Ho Tung Mau, Q1
An outstanding selection of hill-tribe handicrafts. The shop concerns itself mainly with hand-woven clothing of the tribes people of rural Vietnam; there is a cute line of ladies’ shoes, silk wraps and bags.

Shop 63 
63 Xuan Thuy, Q2 
Tel: 3808 2821 or 0938 485 211 
Worldwide antiques, home objects, jewels, clothes, garden furnitures and Cambodian objects. Prviate sales are held every first Friday of the month from 3pm to 6pm. Call for more details.

Vietnam Quilts
26/1 Le Thanh Ton, Q1
Tel: 3825 1441 www.vietnam-quilts.org
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This well-known quilt shop is an excellent place to buys gifts. The beautifully designed quilts are carefully made by poor women in rural areas, who are provided with a steady source of income. Customers can even choose their own designs and material.