Much better than Ben Thanh Market. It's far less touristy and the prices are even cheaper. Good quality and not so much haggling needed.

Cho Lon (Chinatown) Market.

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In the evening the market closes but the action moves outdoors.
Huge foodstalls set up all around the market with stalls selling all manner of things in the adjacent streets.
Great atmosphere but be careful of potential pickpockets!

Cho Ben Thanh

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Hundreds of small boats overflowing with fresh fruit and veg bobbing and weaving in the murky Mekong waters, outboard motors revving or old women under conical hats standing paddling for customers. Bigger boats with the whole family living on the stern, children playing, washing drying, cooking a meal. Boats of pineapples, cabbages, potatoes, melons. An energetic market and a community gathering. Usefully the boats advertise their wares by tying a few veg to a tall bamboo mast.

Cai Rang, on the Mekong River near Can tho, a couple of hours from Saigon

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