# Vietnamese silk by the meter (Ha Dong / Bao Loc silk)

Real silk at a third of Western fabric-store prices, from the country that sat on the old maritime silk route.

Price: 250000 VND (Per meter of mid-grade real Vietnamese silk at Hoi An tailors/cloth market; premium jacquard 350,000-500,000 VND/m)

Where to buy: Yaly Couture fabric floor or Hoi An Cloth Market; in Hanoi, Hang Gai street

Price checked 2026-07-03

- Much 'silk' at markets is polyester — do the burn test (real silk smells like burnt hair, ashes crumble)
- Bao Loc and Ha Dong are the historic silk regions; ask for their cloth by name
- Bargaining expected at markets (start ~60% of quote); fixed prices at Yaly