Seafood specialty restaurants in Ha Long.

Apart from bars and cafes in the larger hotels, there are many other cafes:

Halong shopping is characterised by the Vietnamese local market tradition with more offerings of souvenirs than usually found elsewhere. Traditional souvenir items to buy in Halong are lacquer plated chopsticks, ceramic tea sets, the ubiquitous conical hats (non la) that Vietnamese womenfolk wear, silk fabric, silk artefacts and crafts, or the traditional Vietnamese long dress, known locally as the 'Ao dai'.