Clothes shopping on the rise in Ho Chi Minh City
Women’s fashion stores are competing against one another with new collections and major price discounts
Shoppers wait in long queues during grand opening of Vietnam’s first Uniqlo store
Shoppers have had to wait for at least an hour to enter the venue
Saigon man offers hand-me-downs to needy people ahead of Tet
He put his family’s hand-me-downs and old shoes in the containers and hung a sign above that reads “Take if you need”
Self-designing tailor shops thrive in Vietnam hub’s apartment buildings
Dozens of tailor shops run by trained and untrained designers in Ho Chi Minh City’s old apartment buildings have appealed to youth in recent years for their custom-made, unique designs and affordable prices
Cheap clothes store welcomes low-income shoppers
The “Co hoi thu hai” (Second chance) shop in HCMC, which has opened one Sunday a month since Oct 2012, offers poor people the chance to buy nice clothes for only VND5,000 (US$0.24) apiece.