The market at the heart of Lai Thieu, southern Vietnam's famous orchard country
Lai Thieu Market sits in the centre of Lai Thieu Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. According to the Binh Duong tourism portal, the farmland of Lai Thieu has its origins in the early 17th century, when Minh Huong Chinese settlers arrived to work in pottery and agriculture, gradually shaping a specialised fruit-growing area of about 1,250 hectares. Lai Thieu Market is the gathering point for fruit from the orchards all around, especially in the harvest season (the fourth and fifth lunar months), when mangosteen is the flagship crop (international researchers place it among the "superfruits", and it is famous through the song "Lai Thieu in the ripening season", familiar to generations of Vietnamese.) Local authorities are maintaining initiatives to preserve this orchard region and hold the "Lai Thieu in the ripening season" festival at the time of the Doan Ngo festival.
English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.Good to know
Best time to visitFruit season in the 4th–5th lunar months (mangosteen, durian, rambutan, strawberries)
Services
- Buy seasonal mangosteen, rambutan and durian
- Combine with a visit to the Lai Thieu fruit orchards
- Join the Lai Thieu ripe-fruit festival around Tet Doan Ngo
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