Strange market floating in the middle of the field, selling specialties "thousands of people love"

When the flood came, the water flooded white fields in Phu Hoi border commune, An Phu district, An Giang. During the time when the water is flooded, the people in the floodplain are always busy making a living on the white fields. (Photo: Bao Ky).

After harvesting seafood, for convenience, people do not bring to the market to sell but they gather at the foot of Kenh 13 bridge (Phu Hoi commune) to exchange and buy fish and shrimp (Photo: Bao Ky).

A large boat buys copper fish, and around there will be a few more sampan boats, the shells of fishermen bringing fish to sell (Photo: Bao Ky).

Ask about the age of this special floating market, but no one knows the exact time of its birth. Some say the market has existed for 20 years, others claim to have visited this market more than that. Just know that, every time the field is flooded, small traders and fishermen flock to the foot of the market bridge (Photo: Bao Ky).

Every day the market has about 20 boats and ships coming to the meeting. Most of the people who buy fish are in An Phu district (An Giang), a few come from Dong Thap. When it was just dawn, merchants were present, waiting for the fisherman to weigh the fish (Photo: Bao Ky).

Mr. Lam Thanh Nhan (46 years old, living in Thanh Phu commune, Chau Phu district), house is more than 40km from Kenh 13 floating market. In the flood season, Nhan and his wife rode the boat up to the roof of the hut to lay down. He said, this year, the country will return early, there are regular fish every day, the daily income is more than 1 million VND. “Here, few people bring goods to the market to sell because after harvesting fish and shrimp, there are boats to weigh on the spot, which is very convenient,” Nhan said. (Photo: Bao Ky).

The fish ordered is quite diverse, but the most common is Linh fish, while other types such as stilts, pegs, goby, perch, etc. are classified as market fish (Photo: Bao Ky).

Linh fish products will be purchased separately by traders. Due to the highest output of this type, at Kenh 13 floating market, there are about 3-4 boats specializing in purchasing reishi (Photo: Bao Ky).

Ms. Tran Thi Thuy (living in Vinh Hoi Dong commune, An Phu district) is a small merchant who buys reishi fish, said that in the early morning, the trader was present at the market to buy and then ran a boat down to Vinh Long market to deliver it to him. customer friend. “Copper fish is very popular, but if we want to sell at a high price, we have to go down to Can Tho, Vinh Long. Depending on how big or small the water is, more or less fish, I buy about 400-500kg/day. The day I won. more than 1.5 tons of spirit fish” (Photo: Bao Ky).

At the beginning of the flood season, the price of young reishi fish ranges from 60,000 to 70,000 VND/kg. Currently, the price of old reishi is about 20,000 VND/kg. Young reishi is often used to prepare dishes, old reishi is used to brew fish sauce (Photo: Bao Ky).

The price of copper fish ranges from a few dozen to more than 100,000 VND/kg (Photo: Bao Ky).

In addition to boats, ships buying and selling fish, the Kenh 13 floating market also has boats selling drinking water, breakfast, and ancillary services, making the market in the middle of the country more bustling, just like people’s markets on the shore. Photo: Bao Ky).