In fact, mothers and sisters are just taking their children to… the market. This is an activity organized by the Mothers’ Association, the profit after each market session will be collected and donated to poor, sick children, disadvantaged families far from the city… Address Cho Que: 7K Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1, City. HCM. Market time: From 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Sunday. The corners of the countryside market are full of memories. “Visitors to the market please bring baskets/bags” This year 13 years old, little Ri has more than 2 years of experience “going to the countryside market” to help the salesgirls. At that time, Ri was just over 10 years old, the market was tiny under the nostalgic old banyan tree, the saleswomen wore long and short dresses, nothing exciting, but Ri once came to like it. Since then, Ri likes to wear ao dai most of the time when she wants to go out with her mother. Ri likes Ao Dai because it’s light and discreet, because wearing it all day, Ri still feels very comfortable and because everyone wears it, everyone compliments that Ri is beautiful and Ri is cute. Every time someone passes by and looks back, Ri is so proud! This year 13 years old, little Ri has more than 2 years of experience “going to the countryside market”. There are many girls and boys like Ri at Cho Que every week. At first, she followed her mother to the market, bought a bunch of clean vegetables in the countryside, enjoyed delicious dishes prepared by Saigon mothers or played a few folk games, then fell in love. Love the goods of the market, love the atmosphere of the market, love the weekend to wear ao dai… go to the market without feeling lost. The poor children followed their mother to the countryside market. As for adults, “Country market in the middle of the street” is literally a market in the countryside with bamboo stalls filled with seasonal specialties. From vegetables, fruit cakes to items that seem to be difficult to find in a prosperous urban place such as bamboo and rattan, Bau Truc pottery, bamboo … This corner has a sister selling beef noodles, hot tofu, a burden of smoky tea, the other corner sells a tray of beef cakes and baked sweet potatoes, next to them are baskets of herbs, bunches of spring onions that are true to the countryside, barren but fragrant illustrious. The fruits here are grown from gardeners in the livelihood support project, without spraying pesticides in the spirit of “green – clean – safe” from the countryside. The market also has stalls of Ao Dai, story books, cooked foods wrapped in green banana leaves… reminding of peaceful countryside in the memories of expatriates. For adults, the “country market in the middle of the street” is literally a market in the countryside with bamboo stalls filled with seasonal specialties. People who go to the Que Market for a long time almost never forget the reminder: Please bring a basket/bag. The market minimizes plastic bags, so don’t be surprised if you see images of women carrying shopping baskets like in the old days, in the countryside, or scenes of sisters in ao dai, Mrs. Three busy packing, taking food for customers with paper bags or banana leaf boats, rattan baskets, ropes, mo Cau dishes… From this rural market, children learn hundreds of interesting things The market seems to be the place of housewives, but every week is crowded with children. “Take advantage of buying delicious food and let the children know about the culture of the countryside” is the answer of many parents when asked why they love going to Cho Que. As it turns out, the market is not just a market, but has long become a “cultural rendezvous” too. There, the children can learn more about the exquisite hand-embroidered Ao Dai, know about ceramics and bamboo, listen to stories about traditional craft villages in many provinces and cities such as Ma Chau silk, Dong Thap bamboo knitting, etc. Binh Nham wooden clogs, Bau Truc pottery… The market is not only a market, but has long become a “cultural rendezvous” too. There, every season that food is sold, so the children are answered enthusiastically all kinds of questions about the flowering season of the countryside specialties or are given dried yellow leaves, beautiful pebbles to brighten themselves. create a satisfactory work, from which learn lessons about recycling, about environmental protection. In addition to the fair, the Assembly Hall also organizes talks for children to better understand farmers, especially preserving the cultural values ​​of traditional craft villages. Listen to the stories of mountains, forests, plants and animals, understand more about the journey of planting and protecting trees and water sources, appreciating the efforts of those who plant trees and gardeners… At this market, people come without noise, rush, just work hard to buy what they need and then leave like many other markets. At this fair, people come without noise and hurry but mainly to share their stories, to feel more clearly the love between people, to teach children what the atmosphere is. of a country market… “When I grew up, I learned to love the mixed gardens that I used to criticize when I was a child. I am grateful for the year-round fruit seasons, although not much, but extremely fragrant for my soul to breathe naturally every day. day” (Ha Nhan). The countryside market in the middle of Saigon street really brings such a peaceful, fragrant feeling! Originally a Bachelor of Sociology, in 2001, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy (President of the Mothers’ Association) established the Association to gather many parents to share with each other about the education of their children. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy – President of the Mothers’ Association. “12 years ago, instead of holding seminars in a closed room, I came up with the idea of ​​organizing a country market for parents to join their children,” Thuy said. In addition to introducing children to seasonal fruits and vegetables in a visual and vivid way, each week the Assembly Hall also has programs with different themes, such as crafting from natural materials, recycling, drawing, knitting, knitting, knotting coconut leaves, pomelo-peel lanterns for the Mid-Autumn Festival or listening to stories with paper plays… This is a way to help children have more entertainment instead of just plugging in. in other mobile entertainment devices. Children also often bring books and stories to the market to read or exchange with each other, learn how to protect the environment by limiting plastic bags, prioritizing natural materials… to form a green lifestyle. “More importantly, what we want is to preserve the children’s traditional culture. Wearing a long dress, grandma, wearing a conical hat, learning about the craft village, folk games, etc. . are ways to revive the beauties that are gradually being lost, although some of them will be able to change, improve … in a way that is more suitable for the younger generation now”.

According to the people of Nhan Trach beach village (Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province), Nhan Trach personal market has existed for a long time and has its own characteristics of a coastal fishing village. Nhan Trach market only takes place within 3 hours, from 4 am to 7 am every day. Boats of fishermen in Nhan Trach sea village (Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province) docked at the start of the Nhan Trach market meeting. The boats of fishermen in Nhan Trach sea village (Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province) came to the shore carrying fresh seafood. Fresh scads are caught by the fishermen of Nhan Trach sea village and brought to the shore for the market. Fishermen transport fish from boats to Nhan Trach market. The scene of buying and selling fish takes place bustling in Nhan Trach market. Many small traders in the big markets of Quang Binh province such as Dong Hoi, Hoan Lao (Bo Trach district), Quan Hau (Quang Ninh district) … come to Nhan Trach market to buy and sell seafood. Ms. Nguyen Van (70 years old, in Nhan Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province) said: “I got up early and went to Nhan Trach market to buy fresh fish that fishermen had just caught. The fish is brought home and cooked immediately, so it is very delicious, salty and salty with the taste of the sea.” Fresh squids have just been caught by fishermen and brought to Nhan Trach market for sale. The fishermen of Nhan Trach sea village had a “sea fortune” season, brought them to Nhan Trach market, and were immediately purchased by traders.

Like a wholesale market of forest products Unlike the markets in the Northwest that usually only meet on one day and then dissolve, the Saturday night Tua Chua market is busy from dusk on Saturday night until almost the end of Sunday afternoon. In the mornings from Monday to Saturday, Tua Chua market has people selling groceries, clothes, food… in cages, but there are few buyers. At noon on Saturday, the market began to gradually crowded with people from the Mong, Thai and Dao ethnic groups in the district bringing goods down to prepare for the fair, the most crowded being the Mong ethnic people. Just bought the orchid from the people, the “mixed touch” person offered to sell it right away On the way from Hanoi to the Northwest and Northeast highlands, people below have never seen a market with a lot of wild orchids, wild ginseng, herbs like at Tua Chua market on Saturday night, like a market. The clues of these goods come from the mountains and forests. Small traders at Tua Chua market said that before, the market was only held on Sunday mornings behind cage houses, the Mong ethnic people went to the market to sell chickens, ducks, underarm pigs, home-grown agricultural products, and herbs exploited in the forest. then buy clothes, farm tools, household appliances. People who buy and sell wild orchids from natural places gather in Tua Chua to hunt orchids of local people to exploit forest orchids or grow wild orchids at home and then sell them. They dated people to buy and sell wild orchids on Saturday night at Tua Chua market. It is always convenient for the Mong ethnic people to go to the market to sell orchids on Saturday night and then stay at the market on Sunday morning. So Tua Chua market has had a Saturday night market for more than 3 years now. The front of Tua Chua market looks very popular, unlike the vibrant scene in the back At first, Tua Chua fair market on Saturday night only had people buying and selling wild orchids, later on, people also brought wild ginseng, special agricultural products of the highland such as small root ginger, black turmeric, cardamom, and herbs. pharmacy… Buyers see many things below that they don’t have or have but are not as good, so they can buy more to use, as gifts. Guests spread the word about the interesting, unique and strange things they bought, making the Saturday night Tua Chua market noticed. However, Tua Chua is far away, not everyone has the conditions and time to come, so orchid hunters make contact with local people, asking for help buying and sending. Seizing the opportunity, some local people became collectors, collectors of business, Tua Chua market on Saturday night became a wholesale market of wild orchids, forest ginseng, precious agricultural products, and highland herbs from Vietnam. when no one knows. It can be said that this is the only night market selling wild orchids and ginseng in Vietnam so far. Mobile technology pervades Those who specialize in buying forest orchids, ginseng through rocks, herbs at Tua Chua market on Saturday night are mostly Kinh people in other localities but living in Tua Chua; a few are young people from the Mong, Thai, and Dao ethnic groups from Sin Ho (Lai Chau), Quynh Nhai (Son La), Tuan Giao, and Muong Cha (Dien Bien). Wild orchids are the most sought after item. Every Saturday, they gather at Tua Chua market to pick up people from the villages to bring orchids to the market. Bought a lot are rare orchids such as scallops; Orchid with beautiful flowers are popular as paint daffodils, kim scallops, square kieu, purple kieu, yellow kieu, royal lap, Hoang Thao, jade point … The price of orchids is high or low depending on each orchid, orchid bush. People in the village who are honest but buy and sell many times also know that they shouldn’t be in a hurry to sell, but just put it out there for buyers to see, tell the price, whoever pays more will sell. “Mixed trim” sells wild orchids Unlike wild orchids, the types that are considered precious from the mountains such as rock ginseng (rock ginseng), three-kid tubers, herbs are almost the same purchase price, the only difference is large, small, and quality. How fresh and dry. At dusk, Tua Chua market on Saturday night began to be bustling. Those who come for the first time will be amazed with the light from the flashlights mounted on the seller’s head and the light from the many smart mobile phones that are directly transmitting images for sale. Perhaps even the big cities in Vietnam do not have a market where the “hybrid touch” sales force is as large as in Tua Chua market far away in this Northwest highland. Buyers who gathered enough goods, began to “mix and trim” to sell online. Each person has 2-3 phones working at the same time, just transmitting pictures of each orchid, introducing, trading, and selling prices continuously: “Is there anyone who closes the ceiling of the earth orchids, is it beautiful? glass is always, beautiful bag, always coffee”, “Mr. Tran Phuc, the price of bare berry is 480,000 VND, is it OK for my sister?”, “Brother Le Trung, please give me the phone number above. Please finish off the overseas spring rolls, price 150,000 VND, please”, “This application for painting daffodils is closed for Mr. Tu Cuong, what is the address in Hue, bro”… The buyer side also responded: “Sister, look at the orchid here, let me see how the orchid is, but 50 million or 5 million dong?”, “50 million, but how can 5 million dong get you, orchids? it’s rare”. Closing any order, the seller immediately took the phone number and address written on the small piece of paper attached to the orchid that had just had a buyer. For precious orchids, the seller “hybrid touch” does not set a specific price, but gives the starting price of each tree for those who love that type of orchid to auction. The highest bidder wants to own that orchid but is far away, must ask an acquaintance at Tua Chua who has knowledge about orchids to check the tree and receive the goods immediately. Unlike the orchid sellers who have booths, sit on the spot “hybrid touch trim”, those who “hybrid touch trim” to sell ginseng and herbs mostly do not have stalls. They walk around the market, holding a tree with 2-3 smartphones, and carrying a small bag with a notebook on their shoulders. Seeing the place of ginseng and herbs of the villagers that are beautiful, the “mixed touch” people put the phone in to introduce, price immediately without asking the villagers how to sell. “Today, my family has ginseng piercing stone cool liver, good health for both men and women, very nice products. The price of big ginseng root is 80,000 VND per pound, small root is 60,000 VND per kilogram. Please order quickly”, “Hey guys, is this ginseng beautiful, put it in glass glue soaked in wine, it looks very nice, it’s good to drink”, “If you like stewed chicken with ginseng, this ginseng is great very”, “Brother Nam in Hanoi 2 pounds right? Sister in Saigon 4 pounds give me the address, phone number too”… After finishing the order with customers online, those who “mix and touch” will ask the price, pay the price with the villagers and weigh the goods. They pay but are not in a hurry to pick up the goods to free their hands to go to another “hybrid touch” to continue. At the end of the night of the market, each person “crossed and touched” sold at least 20-30 kg of ginseng, some people managed to lock up to a hundred kilograms. Closing the order, the person who “preliminarily trims” records the ticket immediately Know “hybrid touch”, sell more goods Ms. Mi Sen and 3 Dao people are all from Sin Ho (Lai Chau province) selling at this market for only one year. They buy ginseng from local people to collect in the forest and then bring it to this market to sell. At first, the girls sold it to a few people who specialized in “hybrid touch trim”, gradually learned how people did it, and then also “hybrid touched trim” sold their own ginseng, only reaching the level of “hybrid touching trim” on one phone. only phone, but the sales are more than before. A teacher from Thai Binh came to Tua Chua to teach, and every time she went to the fair, she went to the market to sell ginger, black turmeric, and cardamom to earn extra income. She said that ginger and black turmeric grown in the highlands are more spicy and fragrant than those grown in the lowlands, so they are very popular. Usually customers close orders of at least 5 kg of ginger or turmeric, at least 1 kg of cardamom. She bought it, packed it, called the “Giaohangtietkiem” party to pick it up and deliver it for her, the “cyp” money (delivery fee) was paid by the customer, for every 5 kg of ginger, the fee was about 30,000 – 40,000 VND. The teacher speaks Hmong, so she has the advantage of fast transactions with the Mong people who go to the market to sell goods compared to other “mixed touch” people. Those who “hybrid touch” work until 23 o’clock, then temporarily stop, bring the goods to pack to deliver in the morning to the “cyp” carrier for the customer. They sleep on the spot or rent a motel to take advantage of a few hours. Around 5-6 am on Sunday morning, this force again went to the market to hunt for beautiful forest orchids, good ginseng penetration, continue to “mix and trim” to take advantage of closing more orders. Over a Saturday night and a Sunday morning, mobile technology has brought goods from Tua Chua market to many buses to all regions. On Sunday morning, returning to the market, the Mong and Thai people saw us handing over our phones to take pictures and videos, and they asked again: “Did you just come here?”. At dusk on Saturday night, the Mong ethnic people bring their goods to the market Meeting day If you go to the provinces in the Northwest and Northeast, if you meet on the right day of the fair, all lowland people will like it. The fair for the highlanders is like a festival to meet each other, trading is simply selling what they can grow and raise in the village or go to the forest to earn and then buy what they need. These very rustic images allow people below to walk up and down the market to learn many unique cultural features of each ethnic minority community.

Not all but most of the boats on Cai Rang floating market often hang what they sell. For example, a fruit seller will hang that fruit. Or the vegetable seller will hang vegetables… This is the “hanging something for sale” culture of the famous floating market in the West. Photo: Anh Tu. When they need to sell canoes or boats, people will hang roof sheets or pandan boats. This is also known as “hanging leaves to sell boats”. Photo: Anh Tu. Gordon Ramsay used to sit on a boat selling vermicelli and noodles on Cai Rang market. This is the commemoration when the “Chef King” performed the show “Gordon’s Great Escape”, recorded in 2009 and broadcast globally in 2010. Photo: Aloviet. Aunt Hai was the one who received compliments from the famous chef. Aunt Hai’s vermicelli and noodle soup used to be specialties of the floating market. However, at present, Aunt Hai no longer sells goods on Cai Rang floating market. Photo: Pham Ngon. The time of the fair starts quite early, from about 4-5am and ends at 8-9am. The best time to explore the market is 5am. Visitors can rent a small boat separately or join a group with a large boat. Photo: Pham Ngon. The market was formed in the first half of the 20th century. At this time, the land travel of the river was not yet developed. Photo: Asianway Travel. Exactly on March 10, 2016, Cai Rang floating market culture was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage. Photo: Tripadvisor.

Located on the river right in the heart of Hai Duong city, Hai Duong province is a small hamlet of the people in the fishing boat village. One of the families who have lived here the longest is Mr and Mrs. Vu Thi To and Cao Van Vuong. This family has 9 people including 3 generations. To’s youngest son, before going to work abroad, participated in many swimming competitions for 9 years and won many excellent medals. Although the house is small, Mrs. To has a special place to display her son’s medal. Currently, on the houseboat, there are Mrs. To and her husband and the youngest son with 2 grandsons. Although it is a houseboat, but with the help of families on the shore, the house always has electricity and clean water. The daily livelihood of Mr and Mrs To as well as most of the people in the village is fishing. From dawn, Mrs. To wakes up to prepare tools and waits for her husband to pick up the boat. Like Mrs. To’s family, after returning from fishing, they often hold a market right on the front bank of the barrier dike wall. The markets usually start around 3pm every day. The people in the fishing village consider each other as family members, they are willing to share the work and the work of this house is also that of the other. When this family goes fishing at night and cannot return to take their children to school, another family will take the children to school. Children’s way to school is also very special. Many households do not make a bridge to the mainland but use another small boat to move. When the day’s work was basically completed, the men in the village rested, played chess to relax, and bonded more with the village. In the evening, the houseboat also lights up to prepare a full and warm family meal, mixed with the laughter of children.

People casually choose, buy and sell on the sidelines of Highway 15B.

This spontaneous sale area usually takes place in the afternoon, especially after the end.

Highway 15B passing through this area has a large traffic density, so the fair not only endangers traffic participants, but also endangers the buyers and sellers here.

Corridors and margins of national highway 15B were encroached upon.

A small trader said: “It has been sold here for a long time, so some customers know it, now it is difficult to go to other places to sell. People buy and buy, stop by and buy a little bit is done ”.

Ms. Hoang Nhu Nguyet – a resident living near the market area said: “When there is a competent force to remind and handle, small businesses move deep inside, but, when the competent forces leave, the people Again encroaching on sidewalks, roadbeds for sale. This situation has been repeated for many years, causing loss of aesthetics and a high potential risk of loss of traffic safety ”.

The stopped cars were parked on both sides, encroaching in the middle of the roadway.

Through understanding, local authorities and functional forces have repeatedly organized to restore order in this area, but up to now, the situation of gathering and encroaching on Highway 15B has not been resolved. finish.