What to buy in Vietnam as a gift?

From Vietnam, you can bring many original gifts and souvenirs that will delight your loved ones. Traditional souvenirs include Vietnamese sandals and conical hats made from banana leaves, which cost from 15-20 thousand dong (about 45-60 rubles). Also popular are wooden items - paintings with local landscapes, wooden plates with mother-of-pearl inlay, figurines, and boxes. Particularly valued are lacquered souvenirs with multi-layer coating, which look very impressive.

From food and drinks, be sure to bring Vietnamese coffee - Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee exporter after Brazil. You can buy both whole bean and ground coffee, often in gift packaging with a Vietnamese brewing cup. Also popular are exotic fruits (mango, lychee, rambutan), candies with lotus seeds, fish sauce Nuoc Mam, and sticky rice.

For connoisseurs of jewelry, Vietnam offers pearls at attractive prices - a string of pearls costs about $10-20, earrings $1-2, bracelets $8-10. You can also purchase silver jewelry in traditional style, especially in the north of the country in Sapa and Bac Ha. From cosmetics and balms, popular are Cobratoxan ointment with cobra venom (about 30,000 dong) and the "Golden Star" balm for only 2,000 dong.

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