The largest wholesale market for fish and seafood in southern Vietnam
Located on Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard, Quarter 26, Binh Dong Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. According to Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper, the market was founded in 2006 with an overall scale of 65 hectares (phase 1, currently in operation, covers about 34 hectares), comprising 7 market halls and 2 warehouses. Every night the market takes in around 2,500 tonnes of goods, of which fish and seafood account for about 70% of the market share, making Binh Dien one of the largest seafood wholesale markets in the southern region. The market operates mainly at night and is a key logistics link supplying seafood and farm produce to the retail market network across Ho Chi Minh City and the neighbouring provinces.
English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.Good to know
Best time to visitYear-round; peaks in the run-up to Tet
Services
- Buy seafood and farm produce wholesale
- Watch the wholesale market at work at night
- Photograph the rhythm of late-night labour
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