When arriving in a new land, if you want to learn about the local people’s culture, it is best to go to their market. So let’s visit Tay Ninh markets with Vntrip to partly understand more about the life here!
The famous markets in Tay Ninh province
1. Long Hoa Market
This is the largest market and one of the oldest markets in Tay Ninh, the market is located in Hoa Thanh district, only 1km from the Tay Ninh sanctuary.
The Long Hoa Market has a rather special architecture, a cross-shaped house on a square square, surrounded by 8 doors facing 8 streets of the meaning of Tai Chi born Suspect (Yin and Yang), Yin Yang born Four Statues, Four Statues born Bat Gua, Bat Gua gave birth to the Cosmic Cosmos, universal spirit, human beings and beasts.
Overview of Long Hoa market (Photo ST)
Long Hoa Market is a symbol of the prosperity of Tay Ninh province, a unique feature of this place and also the pride of Cao Dai followers.
In the market, people sell Tay Ninh specialties such as chili salt, dried rice paper, rice paper of all kinds, … Especially here also sell many vegetarian foods to serve the Cao Dai followers. In the past, there were up to 10 days of the market every month to sell vegetarian products from vegetables, tubers, beans to tofu, spring rolls, spring rolls…. This place is also famous for its unmatched vegetarian noodle soup. In addition, Long Hoa market also sells many other things such as bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, goby fish, dried fish …
Vegetarian goods at the market (Photo ST)
Salt chili is the specialty here (Photo ST)
2. Tay Ninh night market
Tay Ninh night market is open from the afternoon until 12 o’clock at night, right next to the Tay Ninh canal – the most “prime” position of the city.
Pictures of the night market in Tay Ninh (Photo ST)
Night market scene (Photo ST)
The night market sells all kinds of items from essential goods to more luxurious items such as home decoration, …
3. Hoa Binh Market
This is a border market between Vietnam and Cambodia in Tay Ninh province. Everyday, many people from both countries come here to buy and trade and here mainly sell Vietnamese goods.
Cambodian people come here to repair cars (Photo ST)
Both sellers and buyers here speak Vietnamese and Cambodian. Cambodian girls come to the market to do hair and nail polish. They happily chatted with the shopkeeper in both Cambodian and Vietnamese. They have many Vietnamese friends, so they often go back and forth to go to the temple in Tay Ninh and visit the beauty market. Cambodians do not celebrate the Lunar New Year like Vietnamese people, but they love the bustling atmosphere of December and January in Vietnam.
A small trader specializes in changing Vietnamese and Cambodian money (Photo ST)
Although this is the busiest border market in Chau Thanh district, Tay Ninh province, this is still only a poor border market, mainly necessities are sold here.