Market – a place to focus on trading and exchanging goods, but it is the best place for you to discover the culture, cuisine, lifestyle of people, of a region. Located on the Hau River area, near Long Xuyen City Center, Long Xuyen Floating Market has become a must-visit attraction when traveling to An Giang. This is a place where visitors can most clearly explore the daily life of An Giang people and also contain the unique cultural values and beauty of the West River.

Long Xuyen Floating Market

No one remembers when Long Xuyen floating market was formed, even those who have been attached to the floating market for most of their lives. When road traffic was not developed, people were used to buying and selling by canoe and boat on the river, Long Xuyen floating market appeared. Today, although the traffic is convenient and developed, the floating market still exists and retains its original form of living to this day. This is one of the unique cultural features of the people of An Giang in particular and the people of the Mekong Delta in general.

The unique buying and selling culture of An Giang people

The starting point of the floating market starts from O Moi ferry, runs along the Hau river about 2km, located in the territory of My Phuoc ward, the motorboats promise to take tourists to visit every corner of the floating market. The most bustling market is at about 5-6 am, at about 8 am, the market begins to visit.

The best time to visit Long Xuyen Floating Market is from 5am

The best time to visit Long Xuyen Floating Market is from 5 am. The cold early morning dew will not slow down those who love and discover new things. Especially, visitors can enjoy the sunrise on the river, far away on the horizon are the streaks of pink and white clouds intertwined, blending together in the sky, all of which add to the aftertaste of the lives of the locals. working people are floating on the river every day.

Bustling shopping scene

Not as busy as Cai Rang floating market and not as noisy as Cai Be floating market, Long Xuyen floating market in An Giang province is considered as one of the floating markets that still retains the most idyllic and pristine features. Not affected by the commercialization of tourism, Long Xuyen floating market is not crowded. Quiet space stretches the whole river.

Boats stretching the whole river

Although not as noisy and busy as other floating markets in the West, Long Xuyen Floating Market starts a new day equally bustling, boats and canoes are anchored, close together in clusters to buy. selling and exchanging goods, laughter and crisp voices echoing throughout the river, creating a unique feature of the floating market.

The market has not been affected by tourism commercialization

The most special thing in Long Xuyen floating market is that all items are sold at very cheap prices. Buying and selling on the floating market takes place very quickly, in the way of saying how to sell, but there is little bargaining, the culture of the river and the personality of the people of An Giang is like that.

The seller is always happy

A typical cultural feature of the floating market is that goods are displayed for sale and introduced on a pole, which people call “beo tree”. This is a type of advertising for exclusive goods only available on floating markets. Customers can look at the tree dangling in front of the boat to choose the product they want to buy, each boat will hang a different item, from vegetables, tubers, fruits to necessary items. for everyday life. However, the form of business on the floating market is not always in the style of hanging something for sale, but there are also cases of hanging without selling, for example, clothes, or selling items without hanging like food and drinks.

Beo tree

Don’t forget to enjoy a “floating” breakfast of the people of the West, with delicious rustic dishes such as vermicelli, fish vermicelli, silkworm cake or sip a cup of coffee, hot milk… to enjoy the feeling of being just right. Eating while being swayed and bobbing along the waves, it will surely make visitors remember forever.

Once coming to Long Xuyen floating market, visitors will find everyone likable and friendly. Strangers suddenly became close as if they had loved each other for a long time. From the floating market, visitors can visit the memorial area of President Ton Duc Thang at Ong Ho island (My Hoa Hung commune).

Temporarily away from Long Xuyen Floating Market, the journey to  An Giang tourism  has only just begun, there are still many extremely attractive places to visit that are welcoming visitors to discover all the endless beauty of the country and the world. An Giang people.