VietNamNet Bridge – The wholesale market of Van Quan in Ha Dong
district supplies a huge amount of vegetables for Hanoi. It is always
bustling from 11pm until 6 am the next day.
VietNamNet Bridge – The wholesale market of Van Quan in Ha Dong district supplies a huge amount of vegetables for Hanoi. It is always bustling from 11pm until 6 am the next day.
At midnight, vegetables are shipped to the market by all means of transport, from trucks to motorcycles, carts, tractors... About 200 tons of vegetables are traded at the market each night.
While Long Bien wholesale market in Long Bien district provides fruit for the market, Van Quan market supplies vegetables for the west of Hanoi. The goods here are very diverse in type.
This is a specialty of Sapa town, Lao Cai province. Only several traders in the market supply this kind of vegetable.
Ms. Ngoc says she sells about 200 bundles of cauliflowers/night.
The market gets more bustling at midnight. Transactions must be finished earlier so that trucks can leave the city before 6am.
This couple has been working at the market for several years. They said they only have time for their children at noon.
Working outdoors at night in Hanoi during this season is very cold. Traders have to wear raincoats.