Known as a big and crowded trade center in Hanoi, Viet nam, Dong Xuan Market is an attractive attractions for many travelers all over the world. The market has lots of diversified goods with cheap price for each item: from foods like candy, wine, fresh or dried seafood to clothes, shoes, handbags, hats, etc.
General information
Name: Dong Xuan market (ĐồngXuân market)
Address: Dong Xuanstreet, HoanKiem, Hanoi.
Opening time: 8:00 A.M to 6:00 P.M
Most traded items: Clothing, househoud goods.
Location
About 1km far from HoanKiem Lake, Dong Xuan Market is located inside the Old Quarter, on the right side of Dong Xuan Street. In the West of the market is Dong Xuan St, Hang Khoai St is in the North, Cau Dong St is in the South, and Dong Xuan Alley is in the East.
As located inside the Old Quarter, visitors can also discover places and sightseeing near Dong Xuan market. When Dong Xuan is the biggest wholesale market in Hanoi, the Old Quarter can be considered as the biggest retail market in Vietnam. If you love shopping clothes, come to Hang Dao street, in the South of Dong Xuan market, and about 500m far from the market; or you can go to Hang Ma and Luong Van Can street to buy toys for your children.
Hang Dao St
In the North of Dong Xuan market is Long Bien Bridge – a historical bridge in Hanoi, where you can take lots of photos about Hanoians’ life on Red River coast at the sunrise or sunset. In the South of the market, travelers can discover history of Hanoi and Vietnam during walking along HoanKiem Lake, visiting Ngoc Son Pagoda, and Ly Thai To statue. About nearly 2 km far from Dong Xuan market, in the South-West, you can visit St Joseph’s Cathedral – known as little Notre Dame, which is located on NhaThostreet next toNha Chung and Au Trieu street.
Long Bien Bridge
History
Among lots of market at the capital (from Mo market, Hom market, to South Gate market, Ngoc Ha market), Dong Xuan market is the biggest. Dong Xuan.market was built in 1889, when the last vestiges of the To Lich river and Taichi Lake (Thai Cuc Lake)weredisappeared completely; the French re-constructed the city and moved all the vendors and shops to a vacant land of Dong Xuan ward, forming Dong Xuan Market. In the very first year of opening, the market was operated outdoor or behind the covering roofs.
The French re-constructed the city and moved all the vendors and
shops to a vacant land of
Dong Xuan ward, forming Dong Xuan Market (Photo: Panoramio)
In 1980, new French government re-constructed Dong Xuan Market with five arch doors, and five rooms of 54m length and 19m height. The front door was French design with metal roof and five triangle parts sculpted like a honeycomb.
Around the 90s, Dong Xuan Market was again re-built; the two blocks aside were demolished, and the other three rows left were built up to 3 floors. The two side doors were also taken away, but they still kept the outer columns. Later, in 1994, the market was destroyed in a fire that resulted in the death of five people and the loss of an estimated USD4.5 million in stock.
Nowadays, Dong Xuan Market has been rebuilt with larger scale consists of 3 spacious floors, but still keep some of the architecture of the old market façade.
Dong Xuan night market
Shopping
Located near Long Bien station and the Red River, Dong Xuan Market is a convenient location for trading products from different places. Commodities sold from Dong Xuan market are abundant and belonging to different styles of models. Hundreds of stalls, with thousands of workers, trade extremely fresh produce, dried foods, household goods, appliances and more.That's why it is suitable to every taste and customer. There are even some items in Dong xuan which is so hard for customers to find at other markets.
Hundreds of stalls trade extremely
fresh produce, dried foods,
household goods, appliances and more
Low-price commodity is a strong point of Dong Xuan market. As a wholesale market, it provides products for retail shops in Hanoi and nearby provinces. Therefore the price of products at Dong Xuan market is the original cost which is lower than other markets and local shops. With large space, it's not difficult for customer to go sightseeing and shopping at Dong Xuan market because the market is sectioned. Each section has its own item. For example, shoes and sandal are sold at first floor; clothing is sold at second floor.However, customers can hardly buy anything from this market because just wholesale buyers are able to buy products. Although there is some retail shops on the second floor, you must know the art of "bargain" and you had better avoid buying retail goods in the morning because the shop keeper may feel uneasy with a retail buyer. Anyway, if you have chance to come there, you may want to enjoy just going sight-seeing.
Dong Xuan market – Hanoi cuisine paradise.
You might have your curiosity and appetite titillated as you try to choose from a wide selection of exotic Hanoi dishes: fried frog or fish meat pastes, rice and duck meat soup, fried rice, tietcanh (duck blood uncooked, only if you have a brave heart and strong stomach), snail noodle, rice vermicelli and beef cooked in the south Vietnamese style and even just beefsteak and bread. Here you can find real Hanoi food, as favored by true-blue Hanoians. The dishes might cost a little more than elsewhere, but you have to taste it to believe it, they are truly delicious, such as a steamy hot dish of pho cuon (beef wrapped in long wispy strips of rice vermicelli, served with aromatic herbs and spicy sweet-sour fish sauce).
Visiting Dong Xuan Market, travelers should not miss Dong Xuan Alley – a food paradise. Some delicious cuisines reviewed by travelers are:
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Roasted pork rice noodle (Bún chả): Sophisticated from fresh material to process techniques of roasted pork meatballs rolled with blumea leaves, eating with sweet and sour fish sauce made with homemade dracontomelum. Price: 25.000 VND – 35.000 VND (1 – 2 USD).
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Shizuka sweet porridge (chè xuka): To taste this special-name sweet porridge, you have to go deep inside Dong Xuan Alley (if you drive car or motorbike, park before going inside). This soup is the combination of coconut milk, dried coconut, dried banana, and jellies with sweet and fresh tastes. This porridge is called Shizuka because the owner loves Shizuka in the famous Doraemon manga. Besides Shizuka sweet soup, Dong Xuan Market Alley is also famous for other delicious sweet soup such as sweet green bean soup, grapefruit soup, and jellies. Price: around 1USD.
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Meatballs rice noodle with bamboo shoot: This stall has 20-year experience of making this cuisine. The quality of 1 big bowl is so so, but its location and price have attracted lots of visitors. You can also order for fried bread-sticks and extremely spicy chili sauce to eat with noodle. Price for 1 delicious bowl is 15.000 – 20.000VND (0.7 – 1 USD)
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Snail-crab rice noodle: The stall selling this cuisine which is right at the beginning of Dong Xuan Alley is a longtime and stand-out stall in this “food paradise” lane. The stall use big snail instead of small snail in other stalls. The snails are clean carefully so visitors do not have to worry about its cleanness. This shop does not use vinegar but tamarind juice as one of the ingredients. The opening time is in from morning until early afternoon.
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Night market rib porridge: Rib porridge at Dong Xuan market is only sold from late afternoon at around 5:00 – 6:00 PM until mid night, and it is more and more crowded at night. This porridge is made from bone juice and eaten with crunchy rib cartilages. You can also order fried bread-sticks and salted shredded pork to eat with porridge. This stall is located on Dong Xuan pavement, opposite Dong Xuan market. |
How to get there
From HoanKiem Lake, take Hang Dao Street. Along the way, it changes name to Hang NgangSteet and then Hang Duong Street. Eventually it becomes Dong Xuan Street. You will see Dong Xuan Market on the right side of the road. The distance is about over 1 kilometer.
If you come here at the weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun), you can enjoy walking along the night market from Hang Dao to Dong Xuanstreet and buying stuffs. Night market starts from 7:00 PM until late night.
In the morning or afternoon, you can catch the electric bus from HoanKiemlake to Dong Xuan market.
Electric bus in Hanoi
Shopping tips
- If you want to buy items at wholesale price, you’d better gather all the orders from your friends, family members, or travel-mates to be able to buy and have a better price.
- If the items you want to buy are not for retail sale, you can find them in other stalls nearby with wholesale prices. There are some retail stores at the second floor, but you have to bargain and avoid buying in the morning.
- Visitor should go around the market to learn the price before purchase, and avoid bargaining many times.
- At the weekends or in the holidays, you should use public transports.
- Be careful with your properties.
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