Visit Cai Rang Floating Market - One Of The Most Unique Markets In Southern Vietnam

Cai Rang is a district of Can Tho city, from the city center about 5km, with about 100 years old, Cai Rang has become a destination for consumed agricultural products in the Mekong Deltaregion. At there, apart from selling fruits and vegetables from the district, it also offers special agricultural products from neighbor provinces. The region's food, specialties and handicraft products are brought to the market as well.

The market is opened every day from early morning and attracts hundreds of boat, specially, during festival and holiday, up to 500 boats to visit. Each day, there are from 500 to 700 local and foreign tourists to visit and discover the life of local people. The Cai Rang floating market is considered as place which reflects cultural and tourism characteristics of Can Tho City and the Mekong Delta region.

Cai Rang floating market is opened all day but especially in the morning, while it was still cool and the sun also helped soothe. Merchants gathered by boat, Shoppers also by boat. When coming to market, you can know immediately the types of goods are selling on the boat because each boat will hang goods on a bamboo pole plug on the boat.

Like many other market Vietnam, floating market goods are varied from fresh foods, whole grains, fruits local specialties, ....

When coming to market, you can know immediately the types of goods are selling on the boat because each boat will hang goods on a bamboo pole plug on the boat.

Why does Cai Rang attract many tourists to visit? It's quite simple, because visitors are visiting the floating market are enjoying some products on the main waterways of row boats of people here in the warm, affectionate, and communities also follow people to gather on the river. Moreover, you can find here the rustic dishes characterized as Southern sweet bread soup, tapioca pudding, noodles garden ... with exotic but affordable price. One thing special that everyone can see here because it's not a normal market like other markets being on land, it is a floating market on water, and if someone want to participate in this market, taking a boat is an inevitable thing. Difference, uniqueness, the bustle are its outstanding characteristics that attracts so many visitors like this.