Ben Thanh Market offers diverse goods to explore. Locals always like to buy items there. If you visit the market in the morning, you can try the authentic rice noodles together with locals at a stall. Vietnam is rich in fruits. You’ll find a variety of tropical fruits there such as custard apples, Garcinia mangostana, jackfruit, longan, rambutan, and some unknown fruits you may even know them.

There are tens of species of seafood in the market as well. Most of them are fresh and alive. If you stay overnight at a hotel fitted with a kitchen, you can buy some to entertain yourself. Of course, you can see many meat stalls in the market. Various vegetables in season there are fresh as well.

If you have strong interests in costumes, it is suggested that you can walk around the clothes stalls in the market. Colorful cloth attracts eyes of arts and shopping lovers. The cloth is good materials to customize Ao Dai based on someone’s preferences.

Ho Chi Minh City is also a well-known flowers producer. Therefore, the market is dotted with more than 10 flower shops. Beautiful flowers make us happy and refreshing. If you’d like to, you can get some for yourself or your friends and families.

Ben Thanh Market also has Vietnamese handicrafts, coffee, slippers and other specialties to take back home. If you want to purchase items there, it is strongly recommended that you bargain with vendors as the pricing is always very high. You’re suggested that you get the item at a price which is at least 60 % discount off the original one.