Cai Rang Floating Market

If you have found your way to Mekong Delta, you cannot afford to miss floating markets. This type of market can be found in most provinces of Mekong and some big and famous floating markets are Cai Rang, Phong Dien.

Floating markets have existed for a long time in the region. It basically is a market where people sell and buy things above water.

Since rivers are the main way of transportation, ferries and boats are very popular for traveling and transporting. Gradually, people gathered together at one or some certain places on the river to sell fruits mostly picked from their own gardens. Then they made business by selling foods, goods which had been brought from other places.

A floating market usually starts at 4 or 5 in the morning before dawn and ends when the sun rises high at 9 or 10am. Fruits and vegetables such as pineapple, dragon fruit, water melon, yam, and cabbage are the dominant goods at these floating market. Besides, you can also find garden tools, crafts and Vietnamese breakfast like rice noodle.  It is very interesting to try to manage the chopstick and soup bowl while paddling along the river.