Da Nang shops in layers: 1940s wet markets where tailors work overnight, expat design studios in An Thuong, some 500 marble workshops at Non Nuoc, and night bazaars that open when the heat breaks. Three days of haggling, fixed prices and vacuum-packed cashews.
Da Nang's 1940s riverside market at 119 Tran Phu: 4,000m² over two floors, open 06:00–19:00. The ground floor sells dried squid, cashews and Quang Nam cinnamon; the upstairs tailors stitch ao dai and linen shirts in 24 hours.
The city's largest wholesale market, roughly 2,000 stalls under one tin roof on Hung Vuong, open 06:00–20:00. Dry-goods aisles stock sesame rice paper, dried mango and loose tea at half the riverside rate, wrapped around a 100-stall food court.
A two-floor concept shop stocking designs made only in Da Nang: Dragon Bridge enamel pins, hand-screened tote bags, lacquer coasters and letterpress postcards, with an air-conditioned cafe upstairs looking over the Han River. Open 07:30–22:00.
Cho dem Son Tra opens at 18:00 on Mai Hac De by the east foot of the Dragon Bridge: around 150 stalls of conical hats, embroidered slippers, coconut-shell bowls and on-the-spot phone-case printing, running until midnight.
The grid of lanes between Ngo Thi Sy and Ho Nghinh in My An, where small studios sell linen resortwear, hand-thrown ceramics and bamboo-frame sunglasses. Most open 10:00–21:00 and price in fixed VND, so no haggling is expected.
A four-storey riverside mall at 74 Bach Dang facing the Han River, open 09:30–22:00. Upper floors mix Vietnamese labels with a supermarket and a food deck, while ground-floor craft counters carry lacquerware, silk scarves and packed coffee.
Da Nang's largest mall at 910A Ngo Quyen on the east bank: five floors open 09:30–22:00, with Vietnamese labels such as Canifa and Routine, a WinMart food hall, an indoor ice rink and a CGV cinema on the top level.
Cho dem Helio on 2 Thang 9 street runs 17:30–23:00 beside the Helio Center: more than 100 lit stalls of streetwear, sneakers and phone accessories aimed at Da Nang students, priced well below any riverside market.
A 400-year-old carving village where roughly 500 workshops cut marble and alabaster. Small pieces — palm-size Buddhas, mortars, jade-look bangles — sit at the front; the back yards handle commissions. Workshops open 07:00–18:00.
A three-block neighbourhood market off Ngu Hanh Son where My An residents actually shop: herbs, banana-leaf packets, hand-sewn pyjamas and enamelled kitchenware, with no tourist pricing. Busiest 06:00–09:00, then open again until 18:00.
The museum at 78 Le Duan, open 09:00–17:00, sells what its galleries show: Cham-motif prints, do-paper paintings by central Vietnamese artists and small lacquer panels, each with the maker named. The quietest browsing in the city.
Six floors at 6 Nai Nam, open 08:00–22:00. The ground-floor food hall is where residents buy Trung Nguyen coffee, Phu Quoc fish sauce and Binh Dinh cashews at fixed supermarket prices, with vacuum-packing done at the counter.