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Countryside Market
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Many communes in rural Vietnam feature countryside markets (cho que).
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There are two main types of countryside market: the fair and the evening market. Fairs are held periodically. For example, it may be held on days with the numbers three and eight, which would imply fairs on the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th, 23rd and 28th days of each lunar month. Major markets attract huge numbers of people.
Apart from local products, visitors can find industrial and expensive commodities produced in other localities. Of course, necessities such as fruit, oil, salt and vegetables are always available.
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Highland Market
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Markets in highland areas where ethnic minorities reside are not only places of commerce, but also cultural festivals
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People wear
their nicest
clothes and
spend some days
at the market.
They may play
their
pan-flutes,
dance, sing and
meet new
friends.
Therefore,
markets in
highland areas
are also called
Love Markets (Cho
Tinh).
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Floating Markets
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There is a very interesting kind of market in the
Mekong River Delta. Thousands of boats gather to
form a place of economic activity.
On a cho noi
(floating
market) all
trade activities
take place on
boats. The
largest cho
noi include
Phung Hiep, Nga
Bay, Phong Dien
(in Hau Giang),
Cai Rang (in Can
Tho) and Cai Be
(in Tien Giang).
Most of the
agricultural
productions sold
in cho noi
are for
wholesalers, who
then re-sell it
to food
processing
factories or
ship it to the
north.
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rading activities take place all day, but the most exciting time is in the morning when boats arrive loaded up with agricultural products.
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