Explore Long Xuyen Floating Market on the Hau River

Long Xuyen Floating Market, a "vibrant living cultural museum" of the Southwest region, a special destination for tourists. Where people still maintain the distinctive cultural characteristics of the floating market with rustic love life and expansive love.

1. Introduction to Long Xuyen Floating Market

Long Xuyen Floating Market is located at the confluence of the two branches of the Hau River, after they separate at My Hoa Hung island. This is an extremely valuable location and the most vibrant area, with O Moi ferry dock, An Hoa ferry dock, Long Xuyen market on the shore, and Long Xuyen floating market. The floating market is about 2km from O Moi ferry dock, you can park your motorbike at the ferry dock and rent a boat to go. Just come here and ask the small traders, you will be guided attentively. We rented a boat package for 200,000 VND, suitable for groups from 1-10 people. However, if you do not want to go with others, you can rent a private boat and not charge by the number of people but by the tour route (about 2 hours).

Different from other floating markets like Cai Rang, Cai Be... where mainly trading, Long Xuyen Floating Market is modeled as a "vibrant living cultural museum" of the Southwest region, becoming a special destination for tourists. In the past, when the road transportation system was not developed, people conducted trading activities on the rivers. Among them, Long Xuyen Floating Market on the Hau River branch has become an indispensable part. Today, although there is the New Long Xuyen Market built with convenient roads, people still maintain the distinctive cultural features of the floating market with authentic commercial life and communal love.

2. Location of Long Xuyen Floating Market

The location of Long Xuyen Floating Market is at the confluence of the two branches of the Hau River after they separate at My Hoa Hung island. This is a prime location and the most vibrant area, with O Moi ferry dock, An Hoa ferry dock, Long Xuyen market on the shore, and Long Xuyen floating market. The floating market is about 2km from O Moi ferry dock, tourists can park their motorbikes at the ferry dock and rent a boat to go. Just go there and ask the small traders, you will receive thorough guidance.

3. Sightseeing Experience

We rented a full package boat for 200,000 VND, suitable for groups of 1-10 people. However, if you do not want to join a tour with others, you can also rent a private boat without charging by the number of people but by the tour route (about 2 hours).

The roar of boat engines brings tourists closer to the cultural space of the floating market. The scenery gradually appears, the bustling sound of the floating market on one aspect, far away is the horizon with pink clouds interspersed in the golden sunlight. The peaceful space of the river stretches along a section of the Hau River, with boats moored close together, forming clusters for trading goods and creating the sounds of buyers and sellers.

4. Distinctive Advertising with Bèo Trees

Especially, only at the floating market, traders use bèo trees as a visual advertising form. The sellers will use a long straight pole and hang up the products, fruit that the boats are selling. Because the selling calls will be drowned out by the roar of boat engines, and banners may be entangled in strong winds, bèo trees are used for display and attract tourists.

5. Riverside Market Life and Dining Experience

The boat will stop for tourists to enjoy breakfast, however, because the boat always sways with the waves, it requires you to skillfully keep the food to enjoy together. Tourists will admire the sight of women simultaneously driving boats and trading. They also tell tourists more about life on the river, a friendly and generous life.

In the floating market area, there are fixed boats docked near the shore. Especially, in front of each boat hangs the red flag of the national gold star flag, fluttering in the early morning. These boats are not only a means of transportation but also the homes of fishing families. Their lives flow with the water, living on the boat as a house and a means of livelihood, swaying with the waves.

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