Floating Markets - a typical culture in the Mekong Delta

Floating markets make tourists impressed by not only typical cultures of Mekong River Delta but also the abundance of farm products which are sold on boats and junks by the local people throughout the region.

Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho

Located on Cai Rang river, 6km far from Can Tho city, Cai Rang floating market becomes one of the most favorite sites in Can Tho. It will take you only 30 minutes to move from Ninh Kieu port to Cai Rang by a boat.

As one of the three most popular floating markets in Mekong Delta, Cai Rang is always crowded with buyers and sellers together with hundreds of boats and junks parked close together from early morning. Normally, market meetings open from 3a.m to 9p.m but before Tet holiday, markets run the whole day. At the Cai Rang market, tourists not only are excited about boats full of fruits and agricultural produce but also enjoy a variety of food and services carrying unique characteristics of the Southwest region such as rice noodles, coffee, floating pubs, etc. One more feature that certainly makes a great impression on tourists is the unique marketing. Here, local people hang their products up a pole so that custumers can see them from a distance. Laughter and voice of people, sound of oars moving through river surface water accompanied with marvellous feeling on the river will surely be engraved on your mind.

Cai Be floating market, Tien Giang

Established since the 18th century, Cai Be floating market forms the border between three provinces including Vinh Long, Ben Tre and Tien Giang. As the oldest floating market in Tien Giang, Cai Be attracts tourists by a criss-cross of boats. Additionally, it look likes the watercolor painting created by bumper-to-bumper gardens, streets along the two banks of the riverbelow lines of water coconut and B?n tree – a typical tree in the Mekong delta tours. Besides, there are plenty of kinds of commodities ranging from fruit to poultry, seafood; and even household commodities and textiles are also sold here. If you would like to buy a gift here for your family or friends, you can choose sweet mandarin, coconut candy or coconut soap, a specialty in Cai Be. The market meeting only runs between 2 a.m and 8 a.m; therefore, you should come here on time to attend the market meeting.

Long Xuyen Floating Market

2 kilometer far from the city center, although not as famous as the two markets, Long Xuyen floating market draws the attention of tourists by the generosity of the local people.

In Long Xuyen floating market, tourists will see many types of farm produce such as vegetables, cabbage, pumpkin, potatoes, etc and numerous kinds of fruit involving bananas, grapefruit, oranges, mandarin, etc. In addition, you can be involved in the market anytime during the day. Besides the scene of doing business on boats of local people, tourists have opportunities to discover of daily life of the people in the Mekong Delta who have to deal with quite a few difficulties in the process of earning a living.

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