Location: Sapa Market is in Sapa Town, Sapa District, Lao Cai Province. Characteristics: This market of the H’Mong and Red Dao minorities takes place every Saturday night. The market is a place for trading and exchanging local goods and products, as well as a meeting place for young people who seek partners by singing love songs and playing pan-pipes and mouth organs. 

Location: Bac Ha Market is in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province; about 80km from downtown Sapa. Characteristics: It is a trading centre and meeting place for couples, friends, and relatives every Sunday. 

There is a very interesting kind of market in the Mekong River Delta. Thousands of boats gather to form a place of economic activity. Trading activities take place all day, but the most exciting time is in the morning when boats arrive loaded up with agricultural products.

Markets in highland areas where ethnic minorities reside are not only places of commerce, but also cultural festivals.

Many communes in rural Vietnam feature countryside markets (cho que).