Phong Dien Floating Market is about 20 kilometres southwest of Can Tho, the best floating market in the Mekong Delta.Boats loaded with produce from nearby orchards of the Mekong Delta converge to the floating market. They carry mostly fruits but also coconuts, vegetables and fishes. Phong Dien Floating Market is famous for one of the largest fruit markets in Mekong Delta.
To Phung Hiep, visitors will see thousands of small boats full of agricultural products from Western corners to form 1km long floating market. It's said to be a fruit-market of the Southern part and the market is cultural identity of the Mekong Delta. The market meets all day long, but most noisy and busy in the morning. The precious evening, from far-and-wide, boats full of seasonal vegetables and fruits: mangoes, durians, bananas, oranges, coconuts... left their villages to head for the sunrise market.
This Tuesday market is about 70 km from Sapa. You can get here via a fairly good road, or by road and river; hotels in Sapa and Bac Ha can organise trips.Coc ly is a small village on the Chay river inhabited by the Flower H'mong Minority people. The Flower H'mong traditionally wear a distinctive and bright coloured costume. They are a gentle, softly spoken people who live in the steep mountainous country close to the Chinese border. Because Coc Ly is more remote than Sapa, the dress and way of life is more traditional than in the large centers.
The market meets all day long, but most noisy and busy in the morning. The precious evening, from far-and-wide, boats full of seasonal vegetables and fruits: mangoes, durians, bananas, oranges, coconuts... left their villages to head for the sunrise market. Every boat is full of fruits. Some boats are covered with roofs, some are not. On boats without roofs, the sellers have to hold high a stick hanging with fruits as signaIs. Market-goers do not bargain, just a few words exchange, they sell and get paid.
The market was dated from many years ago, after the local people’s habit of travelling and doing business by boat. Boats and junks in the southwestern region were important means of transportation, like motorbikes and cars in other regions. In the southwestern provinces, people mainly travel on rivers. In the past, people living on the river had to go to the land to buy goods. Today they can buy everything on the river. All trading activities are carried out along the river.
No one knows if visitors are now visiting a market in Sapa, Nam Dinh, Dalat or the Mekong Delta. Visiting markets is a passion that is not easy for many travellers to give up. So why don't visitors come to see Ca Mau Floating Market.
Located at the centre of the city, Ben Thanh Market is always loaded with varieties of goods, such as consumer goods, cakes and candies, food and foodstuff, and particularly high-quality fruit and vegetables. Goods are displayed in a very attractive way that always catches the eyes of the buyers. They meet all requirements for the customers' daily life or for their families. The market has four gates that are very convenient for the market-goers. For all of its advantages, Ben Thanh Market is one of the most attractive tourist sites in the city for both domestic and foreign visitors.
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