Top well-known Floating Markets in Western of Vietnam

Briefly Introduction

When foreigners come to Vietnam or even the Vietnamese people from the Northside, they frequently are amazed because of the characteristic of the Western – Mekong Delta River. In here, you could see there are many rivers and fields because the Western is a flat area. While you are coming here, as a Vietnamese writer, I suggest you should come to floating markets once. Below will be the top 4 floating markets that have many excellent recommendations from the Western people in Vietnam.

Nga Bay floating market – Hau Giang province (Chợ nổi ngã bảy – tỉnh Hậu Giang)

As the name it said, Nga Bay floating market is located at the centre – where it has seven intersection rivers that centralised in one point in the mainstream.  In every morning, the local people in here will come to this river and assemble as a market by small boat. They usually sell things like breakfast, fruits, vegetables, and household items. Sometimes, for some people, they often sell strange things such as geckos, snakes, tortoises, etc. that they caught from the forest.

Nga Nam floating market – Soc Trang province (Chợ nổi ngã năm – tỉnh Sóc Trăng)

Like Nga Bay floating market, Nga Nam floating market also has the same characteristic. Five intersections come from Ca Mau province, Vinh Quoi province, Thanh Tri province, Long My province, and Phung Hiep province. However, a little bit different from Nga Bay floating market, Nga Nam floating market operates almost for a whole day. Moreover, this market also a centre for the trading of 3 central provinces Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Hau Giang. Travellers come to here; you could see many boats are selling foods like porridge, noodle soup and you also can eat on the ships or take away as you want. Furthermore, not only food but you could also find out some unique food materials like western rice, seafood, vegetables, etc.

Long Xuyen floating market – An Giang province (Chợ nổi Long Xuyên – tỉnh An Giang)

This floating market is created by the demand of people in An Giang. Thus, it could not crow and many things like other floating markets in the Western of Vietnam. However, there are still have full ranges of products that could meet various needs from the people here. As a guy who loves peaceful and wants to see the pristine character of the local, I strongly recommend you should come here and enjoy the beauty of it. Besides, as a small floating market, you also don’t have to bargain the sellers because they are friendly as well as you’re nice.

Cai Rang floating market – Can Tho province (Chợ nổi Cái Răng – tỉnh Cần Thơ)

Cai Rang floating market also knows as the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta river. To move into this floating market, it will take about 6 km from the centre of Can Tho province. In common days, the time to operate in this market is from 3:00 AM to 9:00 PM. However, on some special occasions like Tet, sellers of Cai Rang floating market could sell 24/07 to serve as many as possible. There are many famous agricultural products sold by sellers in here like Cai Mon durian, Vinh Long pomelo, tangerine from Vung Lai, Tra Vinh coconut. The name before fruits is from various province specialise in certain kinds of fruit. Therefore, it will be marked as a highlight of this market.

Conclusion

Generally, people from all over the world besides come here to trade and exchange, you could experience some interesting things. Enjoying food and beverages on the boat is one of the interesting things that I have ever discovered. If you have a chance to come western of Vietnam, come to floating rivers right away because there are many fun and strange things waiting for you.