After our visit to the Central Post Office, we headed to the Dong Khoi street around 12.00 noon.
The area of Saigon, sort of reminds me of the Orchard Street in Singapore, or Bukit Bintang back in Kuala Lumpur. It is an upscale area of Saigon, and along Dong Khoi street you will find high end boutiques and designer stores.
But along with upscale shopping, it is just a nice place to walk around. Walking around Dong Khoi Street, I really felt like I was somewhere in between France and Vietnam, plus there’s a huge contrast of the old and new, modern and traditional.
Along Dong Khoi street there are a couple of modern shopping malls like Vincom Centre, and plenty of international and speciality stores. I spotted the Parkson Saigon Tourist Plaza here. Our Malaysia home grown brand departmental store ~ Parkson is here!
Also, many of the high end 5 star hotels, like the renowned Hotel Majestic Saigon and the Grand Continental Hotel are located in this area. If you interested in doing some luxury shopping in Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon, this is an area you’ll want to visit.
We did walk into the famous Saigon Square where all the high end and branded stores are in too. Takashimaya is one of them.
We walked into a big book stores and checked out what they have to offer in Vietnam. To my surprise, the books and magazines are almost the same as in Kuala Lumpur, just may be added more Vietnamese tittles.
I saw a quite unique and nicely hand sewed hand bag which is made of jeans with laces and beads, and there was a discount on the bag. Alvin bought the hand bag for me! I was so happy!
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