Miet Thu is a land in the districts of An Bien, An Minh, Vinh Thuan and U Minh Thuong (Kien Giang) located along the Cai Lon river, running to Rach Gia bay down to U Minh district (Ca Mau). And on Vinh Thuan River (Vinh Thuan town, Vinh Thuan district, Kien Giang province) has formed a floating market that is as bustling with trading as other famous floating markets, such as: Cai Rang Floating Market, Cai Be Floating Market, Phung Hiep Floating Market…
Fruit barn owner Nghia – Thuy said she has been involved in trading at the floating market for over 15 years. The floating market starts at 4:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. every day. The busiest market hours of the day are from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. During these hours, each market has thousands of boats, canoes, and shells coming to buy and sell.
Vinh Thuan floating market is Formed more than 15 years ago, the market operates almost all day long but is most crowded from 3 – 5 pm and 4 – 6 am.
As recorded by reporter Dan Tri Vinh Thuan River is not as big as Cai Rang River (Can Tho City), however here there is a very harmonious arrangement, specifically for large boats, all boats are parked close to the bank of Vinh Phuoc neighborhood with 2 boat bows facing out. The remaining small vehicles such as canoes can move anywhere, sometimes 3-4 canoes can go together to buy and sell in the middle of the river, but most of them are moored on the shore in Vinh Dong 2 neighborhood.</p >
The items here are mostly agricultural products such as gourds, cucumbers, pineapples… And by looking at the means of transport of goods, you can know whether the item is in the Miet Thu area or shipped somewhere else.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dung – a businessman specializing in buying and reselling local agricultural products, said: “For the large boats parked on the banks of Vinh Phuoc 2 neighborhood, most of them are boats carrying goods from Can Tho Hau Giang Ca Mau… to resell here. and on the boat there are goods they want to sell. As for the goods loaded on the boat’s hull… are agricultural products grown by local people and brought to the market for resale.
Bobbing on a small boat along the floating market We in Vinh Thuan do not hear the shouting or the loud bidding of buyers and sellers. The special thing about this floating market is that the goods are loaded on the commercial vehicles without soliciting or hanging the goods on tree bars placed in front of the boats like the Cai Rang floating market, but the merchant’s customers all know the location. Which means of transport sell which products... And they come to each other to quickly trade and sell as agreed before.
The Vinh Thuan river is a canal along Highway 63 Going to Ca Mau, there are many large barges and boats circulating. Therefore, it is these heavy goods vehicles that often circulate, partly making Vinh Thuan floating market no longer as busy as before.
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The market opens very early
Closer In the morning, more vehicles gather at the market, but they are mainly boats
Cargo shells These agricultural products are grown by local people and then brought to the market for resale
Means of transporting goods as well as Participating in trading in Vinh Thuan floating market is mainly for profit
Though not We invite you to sell, but the trading of traders here is very expensive
Even though it is a saltwater area all year round But here, people in Miet Thu region grow a lot of crops
Very rare is a rowing boat like this in Vinh Thuan floating market
Large boats parked close to the shore and the boat’s bow facing outward
The highlight of this floating market is that there are many medium fish specializes in buying and selling all kinds of fish, sea fish...
Crooked boats like this are usually commercial people The lake comes from Cai Rang floating market – Can Tho.
Nguyen Hanh – Nguyen Tran
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