(VOVworld) - 128 flower markets for the Lunar New Year holiday open in 19 districts in Ho Chi Minh city on Thursday. Many varieties of bonsai trees and flowers are available including apricot blossoms and great chrysanthemums. Besides the domestic flowers, there are also many kinds of exotic plants. The prices have not increased much during Tet. Traders said they transported flowers from the Mekong River Delta provinces to Ho Chi Minh city several days ago. Nguyen Thi Ngoc who owns a flower garden in Ben Tre province sells her products at Le Van Tam Park's flower market. "I have sold flowers at the Tet flower market for several years. Customers prefer flowers at reasonable prices and they are easy to take care throughout the Tet season." The flower markets will remain open until next Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Flower markets in Ho Chi Minh city open
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The ‘fenced’ market in Ho Chi Minh City
In Ho Chi Minh City, there is a market at which all trading and exchange activities have been done through the bars of a two-meter fence. The "fenced" market, nicknamed so by local residents, is situated at Pou Yuen Industrial Park in Binh Tan District. With a length of the fence stretched over one kilometer, trading and exchange activities here are always busy, especially in the late afternoon. Buyers at this particular market are mainly industrial workers. At the end of their work shift, they often gather along the fence to buy food and other essential items. It looks uncomfortable as all trading activities are done through the small bars, but the plus is that this market offers a wide range of cheap goods. However, since trading is banned in this area, vendors are often worried about having their goods seized by local authorities. A vendor at the "fenced" market runs away to prevent his goods from being confiscated by authorities. Photo: Tuoi Tre Uyen Nhi, 5, … [Read more...] about The ‘fenced’ market in Ho Chi Minh City
Le Thi Rieng, a bustling night market in Ho Chi Minh City
Wanna buy something cheap at a night market in Ho Chi Minh City? Le Thi Rieng is a good choice as it has been known as a venue always bursting with life, commotion, cheap consumer goods, and other commodities. Adjacent to an eponymous park, the Le Thi Rieng night market spans four wards in District 3, District 10, and Tan Binh District. It is invariably packed with loads of cheap goods and hundreds of shoppers and "window-shoppers." Such shiny items as clothes, sunglasses, footwear, cosmetics, and cellphone accessories are usually advertised to be discounted foreign brand products and displayed on stools, tables or nylon sheets on the sidewalk. The inviting articles fetch dirt-cheap prices, which are as low as VND3,000 (US$0.14). Most shoppers are couples and groups of school and university students, particularly girls, who are still in uniforms, according to a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporter’s observation. While girls are eager to try on gaudy … [Read more...] about Le Thi Rieng, a bustling night market in Ho Chi Minh City
Flea markets spread in Ho Chi Minh City
Initially born in rural areas flea markets, or chợ phiên in Vietnamese, have recently become the latest wrinkle in Ho Chi Minh City, offering a broad array of products at reasonable prices and adding diversity to the already vibrant metropolis. hợ phiên in Vietnam are unique and different from elsewhere because a chợ phiên is open for a couple of hours during the day in a certain public place and only takes place periodically. However, most flea markets in Ho Chi Minh City are open from the morning until late at night on weekends. In the countryside, a chợ phiên is also a meeting place for locals to exchange farming products. In Ho Chi Minh City, such a flea market sells all kinds of goods like any market but keeps its periodical characteristics - only gathering once a week or twice a month. More and more flea markets have opened in the city in recent years and visiting them is a favorite hobby of young people. A flea market in the city displays and sells different goods … [Read more...] about Flea markets spread in Ho Chi Minh City
A flea market in Ho Chi Minh City
Doan Thu Hang was intrigued by the countryside markets she saw as a girl in her native Hung Yen and has transplanted the idea A shop at Saigon Flea Market A flea market in Ho Chi Minh City is selling handmade merchandise instead of used stuff, and its 24-year-old owner has succeeded in popularizing made-in-Vietnam goods among foreigners by letting many of them sell at the market. The Saigon Flea Market, held on the second Sunday every month at the courtyard outside the Boomarang Bistro in District 7, has been attracting thousands of locals and foreigners since it opened last September. The project is a combination of two things Doan Thu Hang has loved since childhood – designing and going to the market. At 17 she won an entrepreneurship contest held by Vietnam National Television with her fashion ideas, but was unable to develop them further. “I was too young and had not even got into college yet. I was under a lot of pressure from my parents who wanted me to study … [Read more...] about A flea market in Ho Chi Minh City