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Long Bien Market
Hồ Tùng Mậu, Phúc xá, Ba Đình, Mai Dịch Cầu Giấy Hà Nội, Vietnam
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Photo by UN Women Asia & the Pacific/Flickr
Produce Galore At Major Wholesale Market
You need to be an early bird indeed to catch the worm at Long Bien Market. Most of the action happens around 3-4 a.m., when all of the produce from north of
Hanoi
lands here before being distributed throughout the city.
By
Duncan Forgan
, AFAR Local Expert
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