As Vietnam’s largest cultural center, Hanoi converges souvenirs and specialties from every region, especially in the North of Vietnam. When you travel to Hanoi, you can find many products to bring home. Let’s refer to this article for the best souvenirs to buy in Hanoi that Handspan Travel Indochina highly recommends!

Through the article, you can find detailed information about these products below.

Let’s find detailed information about each souvenir and places to buy them!

Silk product

Silk products are one of the typical souvenirs to buy in Hanoi that both domestic and international tourists favor. If you would like to purchase authentic silk, you can visit the Van Phuc Silk Village (Ha Dong Silk Village), which is 10 kilometers from the Hanoi city center. The silk products in Van Phuc Village are entirely woven from natural silk that is iridescent, soft, smooth, absorbent, and heat-insulated, with varied and proportionately decorated patterns. Therefore, coming here, you will not have to worry about the product quality. 

Van Phuc Silk Scarves

There are many silk products you can bring home, such as raw fabrics, Ao dai, dresses, scarves, hats, ties, etc. The price is from VND 50,000, depending on the product you choose. Among these products, the scarf is favored by many guests due to its portability, forms, designs, and patterns. Ao Dai, which shows the beauty of Vietnamese women, is also a gift you should choose for your family members and friends. 

If you do not have time to come to Van Phuc Silk Village, you can buy silk at the addresses below.

• Lua Ha: 538 Thuy Khue, Buoi, Tay Ho District, Hanoi
• Le Minh Silk Shop: 79 Hang Gai, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Duc Loi Silk Shop: 77 Hang Gai, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Tay Ho Lotus Tea

Tay Ho Lotus Tea is among the souvenirs to buy in Hanoi that you should consider. It is a meaningful gift bringing Hanoi’s taste to tourists, suitable to give to tea lovers. 

The lotus tea is meticulously and carefully chosen and processed. To have one kilogram of Tay Ho Lotus Tea, the artisan has to use more than 1200 lotus flowers from the West Lake and marinate seven times, each time is a turn of rice from the lotus and one turn of tea. Due to the complex process, Tay Ho Lotus Tea’s price is higher than other types of tea, from VND 5,000,000 per kilogram. However, you will not be disappointed with its flavor. 

Tay Ho Lotus Tea

To guarantee the taste, you should warm the ceramic teapot before brewing the lotus tea. The water temperature should be kept at 90 to 95 degrees Celsius to avoid the tea from being too strong. Incubating the tea for 10 seconds, and pouring this first round of tea into a small kettle, you can enjoy a tasty cup of tea lotus.

Below are some addresses you can buy yourself a package of Tay Ho Lotus Tea.

• Dong Son Tea & Coffee: 169 Nghi Tam, Tay Ho, Hanoi
• Tan Cuong Xanh: 203 Hang Bong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Ninh Huong: 22 Hang Dieu, Cua Dong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Tra Viet: 34 Giang Van Minh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Let’s bring home Hanoi’s taste and have the best memories of Hanoi!

O Mai (assorted dried fruits)

O Mai is Hanoi’s quintessence, full of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors. It is always one of the souvenirs to buy in Hanoi favored by tourists due to its portability and convenience that you can bring to the airplane. Besides, O Mai is a dried fruit; therefore, it is easy to maintain.

O Mai

There are diverse O mai with delicious tastes, such as kumquat, pineapple, mango, plum, peach, etc. Among these types, O Mai Sau (tamarind dried fruit) with a sour flavor, combined with spicy ginger, is the most common type that local people and tourists love.

You can refer to the shops below to buy O Mai.

• 11 Hang Duong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• 1A Hue, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
• 46A Nguyen Chi Thanh, Dong Da, Hanoi
• 21 Hang Duong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• 08 Hang Duong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• 13 Hang Duong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Ceramic Products

Hanoi is famous for the Bat Trang Ceramics village, about 15 kilometers from the Hanoi city center. The ceramic products in Bat Trang Ceramic village have become one of the souvenirs to buy in Hanoi you should consider buying. These products are suitable for everyone, as they have many forms, designs, colors, and usage. 

Bat Trang Ceramic Product

Bat Trang’s ceramic products are not only items associated with daily life but also fine art products, the combination of skillful and sophisticated handcraft methods and shaping art. Under the artisans’ skills, you can see common utensils contain their own beauty, simplicity, and sophistication. Coming to Bat Trang Ceramic Village, you can have many choices to buy as souvenirs, such as teapots, flower vases, bowls, cups, decorations, etc. Besides, you will have a chance to create your own products made from ceramic and porcelain enamel and bring them home. With the help of Bat Trang’s artisans, you can become a potter and creatively make your products with clay and turntables. 

Let’s come to Bat Trang and choose ceramic products here as one of the souvenirs to buy in Hanoi!

Bamboo and rattan products

Bamboo and rattan products have Hanoi people’s traditional cultural meanings and have high quality and applicability. Therefore, these products are always on the list of souvenirs to buy in Hanoi that tourists favor. 

Products made from bamboo and rattan are extremely diverse, from baskets, and bags to tables, chairs, lamps, etc. These products are durable and are exported to Asian markets such as Thailand, Japan, Korea, and some countries in Europe. 

Bamboo Product

In Hanoi, you can find many featured bamboo and rattan products in Phu Vinh village, Chuong My District, about 15 kilometers from the Hanoi city center. The artisans here have produced many kinds of simple, rustic bamboo and rattan items that show the village’s typical characteristics with their creativity and ingenuity. Coming here, you can find various products that have a combination of both traditional and modern colors, from daily items to interior products. 

If you do not have time to drop in the village, you can refer to the addresses below for delicate bamboo products.

• 2nd floor, To Hien Thanh Street, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
• 431 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
• 22B Hang Khoai, Dong Xuan, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Lacquerware products

Lacquerware is a featured material of Vietnam’s art, and can be used to draw and make many other handicraft products, such as flower vases, dolls, houseware, traps, jewelry boxes, etc. International tourists are highly fond of buying lacquerware products as souvenirs to buy in Hanoi due to their unique design, decoration, and patterns. Besides, each lacquerware product has the quintessence of Vietnamese culture, drawing tourists’ attraction. 

Lacquerware Product

In Hanoi, you can visit the Ha Thai Lacquerware Village and buy lacquerware products here. Coming to the village, you can see stalls selling different types of products and get involved in the production of lacquerware products, from lovely lacquer plates to lacquer coconut bowls, lacquer paintings, etc. Let’s come here and immerse yourself in the lacquerware world!

Besides Ha Thai Village, you can also find lacquerware products in these places around the Hanoi city center below. 

• Craft Link - 43 Van Mieu, Dong Da, Hanoi
• Craft Window - 99 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
• Hoa Sua - 63A Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Brocade products

Brocade weaving has appeared in Vietnam for a long time. The products made from this hand-woven material with intertwined patterns have become featured characteristics of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Currently, brocade fabric has been widely used in fashion and interior architecture, art, and painting.

Hanoi is one of the markets that intensely consume brocade products. They are also on the list of meaningful souvenirs to buy in Hanoi that you should refer to. From unique and exciting patterns to eye-catching colors, brocade products always impress tourists.

Brocade Product

Below are two trustworthy shops where you can find high-quality brocade products.

• IndieHand - Tho Cam Ta

IndieHand - Tho Cam Ta is the place to sell and preserve and develop the traditional textiles of Vietnamese ethnic minorities. Coming here, you can find diverse types of brocade products, such as scarves, handbags, Ao Dai, etc. Besides, you will have a chance to admire some processes of making a brocade product and join them. 

• Chie - Du Pu Du Pa Oi

Chie - Du Pu Du Pa Oi is fairtrade that maintains the traditional ethnic brocade weaving art in the Northwest of Vietnam. The shop has three floors with different purposes below.

Let’s visit these two shops, experience the brocade weaving process, and bring home brocade products!

In conclusion, through the article, you have just learned about the best souvenirs to buy in Hanoi. Hope that these pieces of information will be helpful for you!