Hanoi city worker bag question

May 30, 2009 5:10 AM

Bagfilter Hanoi: I am in Hanoi and I keep seeing utility workers with these really cool box shaped green canvas bags. Does anyone know where this kind of stuff would be sold? It seems like there must be a street for this kind of thing somewhere since there is a street for everything else here.
posted by miles to shopping (3 comments total)

I don't know where you can find one in Vietnam, but a picture might help others help you. Do they look like the Nut and Bolt bag or Tool Bucket on this page?
posted by Houstonian at 7:59 AM on May 30

If you know Vietnamese ask someone where to get that bag. If you don't know Vietnamese get a friend to help you ask. But, and this just a guess, if they're utility workers the bags may be supplied by their work and not necessarily the type of item you can (easily) find in a shop.
posted by 6550 at 9:09 AM on May 30

Do they look like one of the grocery bags on this page? That website is for the wholesaler who provides the bags all over Australia, but I believe they're made in China, so maybe would be getting into other countries too.
posted by harriet vane at 3:42 AM on June 1