Hoi An offers an epic shopping scene for it offers a plethora of affordable yet great quality tailoring services to get custom-made suits, shirts, dresses, and shoes almost at a fraction of what you would pay back home. Apart from the above options, street shopping in Hoi An is also famous among travelers as the pedestrian-friendly streets and local shopkeepers make the experience a delight. Particularly interesting are the streets of the Ancient Town of Hoi An where shop houses and makeshift stalls dominate the street shopping scene. While these shops usually sell jewelry, traditional apparel, handicrafts, and shoes, the central marketplace is thronging with locals haggling for fresh produce and other foodstuffs. A major part of Hoi An's shopping scene is also dominated by the fair trade shops and charity organizations helping the disabled youth and impoverished families of Vietnam. You cannot miss your dose of retail therapy if you know where to shop in Hoi An.

1. 155 Art Gallery

For some exquisite pieces of work by talented traditional artisans, check out the 155 Art Gallery at the Tran Phu Street. Its walls are adorned with mostly water and oil-based pictures created by local painters depicting the bygone era of Vietnamese life including people and costumes and nature.

2. Aobaba Hoi An

Aobaba Hoi An, a family owned-tailor shop at Hoi An Ancient Town is a huge rage with the locals and travelers alike for its extensive collection of textiles and flawless tailoring services. Just pick a design from their trendy catalog or ask for a dress tailored to your needs and according to the style state of your favorite designers. Most dresses, jackets, and suits can be made within twenty-four hours and delivered to your hotel which makes the shopping experience much easier.

3. Cloth Market

For the best and finest silk in Vietnam, visit the Hoi An cloth market, a dream of silk where plenty of tailors can make a great silk suit for you. There is a wide and varied variety of finest Vietnamese silk on sale to give you wider options to choose from.

4. Cocobox Café Farm Shop

Take a little detour from the main shopping streets of Hoi An to the Le Loi street and enter the world of freshness at the Cocobox Café Farm shop, with wooden shelves filled with fresh fruits and packaged goods. Resembling a hipster café, having warm lighting, low tables, rustic stools, open bar area, chairs with plush cushions, the café-cum-farm-shop is also a juice bar and a teahouse on the side.

5. Central Market

No matter what, you haven't seen enough of the shopping scene in Hoi An if you haven't visited its Central Market. The market, located at the Nguyen Hue and Tran Phu on the Thu Bon River, opens at 6:30 a.m. and is best visited in its early hours of operation. The marketplace offers Vietnam's best and an unmissable shopping experience with its vast array foodstuffs like spices exotic fresh fruit, fishes and vegetables, fragrant herbs and spices like saffron and cinnamon, vibrant colors of Vietnamese silk, and in some shops live ducks and chickens. All you need is a good haggling skill and the desire to explore and look for the best at the cheapest prices.