Market Tours · VIETNAM

The 15 Best River & Street Market Tours in Vietnam

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Cai Rang trades wholesale from boats before sunrise, and half of Vietnam’s best cooking classes begin in a produce market. These 15 cover Hanoi, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City and the Delta, priced and timed.

Hanoi Cooking Class: Culture, Local Market & Meaning CSR Impact - Cooking in a garden villa instead of a restaurant kitchen
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Hanoi Cooking Class: Culture, Local Market & Meaning CSR Impact

1.Hanoi Cooking Class: Culture, Local Market & Meaning CSR Impact

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5,147 reviews · from $39Our pick

Start with hotel pickup and a guided market walk, then cook and eat Vietnamese dishes at Rose Kitchen’s garden villa. Guides such as Maxie, Alex, Aroma, and Simon lead the class, with vegetarian options, recipes, and CSR projects supporting local communities.

“Great experience! They picked us up and gave us a tour at the wet market. Our guide, Simon was very knowledgeable and funny, he adjusted the experience after all guest which was great.”

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5 Traditional Dishes Hanoi Cooking Class with Market Trip - Preparing five Vietnamese classics
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5 Traditional Dishes Hanoi Cooking Class with Market Trip

2.5 Traditional Dishes Hanoi Cooking Class with Market Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4,890 reviews · from $35

Meet chef-guides such as Perla, Vy, Emmy, or Sunny in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, shop for ingredients at the city’s largest market, then prepare pho, bun cha, spring rolls, papaya salad, and egg coffee or chocolate. Small groups, recipes, and a certificate are included.

“Well paced and informative. Friendly host and good sized group from multiple countries. Would recommend”

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Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking - The cooking class is the heart of the experience
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Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

3.Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,660 reviews · from $28

Spend about 4.5 hours combining Hoi An Market, a bamboo basket boat ride, net fishing, and a hands-on cooking lesson. Guides such as Hai, Lily, Ly, and Phuong lead the class, where you prepare four Vietnamese dishes, eat well, and receive recipes to use at home.

“Great value morning activity. Enjoyed the round boat ride. Lots of boats lots of colour and photo opportunities. The market walk was interesting but the cooking class was the highlight with lots of tips to use back home. Lovely food and plenty of it. Don’t eat a large breakfast. Lily was an amazing teacher.”

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Hoi An Cooking Class(Market,BasketBoat Crabfishing&Cooking Class) - The Bamboo Basket Boat and Crab Fishing
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Hoi An Cooking Class(Market,BasketBoat Crabfishing&Cooking Class)

4.Hoi An Cooking Class(Market,BasketBoat Crabfishing&Cooking Class)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,386 reviews · from $28

Start at Hoi An Market with a local guide, continue by bamboo basket boat through the nipa palm canals for crab fishing, then cook and eat Vietnamese dishes with a chef such as Tam or An. Choose a morning or afternoon departure, with hotel pickup offered.

“We booked this tour last minute and are so glad we did - a must do in Hoi An! Still dreaming of the Cao Lao noodles we made with Michael.”

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From Hoi An: Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class - Starting at the market near the Ivegan shop
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From Hoi An: Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class

5.Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,208 reviews · from $17

Meet your guide at the Ivegan shop, visit a Hoi An market, bargain for local ingredients, then ride a bamboo basket boat through water coconut palms. Finish with a hands-on class making dishes such as bánh xèo, bánh cuốn, phở, and chè. Guides may include Anna, Thao, Linh, or Thuy.

“Excellent. Cooked 4 different dishes & very glad I skipped lunch tasting it all. Tried different things”

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Can Tho: Floating Market & Mekong's Legacy( About 6 Pax) - Cai Rang Floating Market with coffee and noodle soup
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Can Tho: Floating Market & Mekong’s Legacy( About 6 Pax)

6.Floating Market & Mekong’s Legacy( About 6 Pax)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,438 reviews · 6 hours - 390 minutes · from $26

Start at 5:30 AM with guide Sophia, Thao, Cory, Clara, or another English-speaking local guide. Visit Cai Rang Floating Market, eat noodle soup and coffee aboard a sampan, walk village lanes, make traditional cakes, rest with fruit and tea, and visit a floating home.

“You will experience a very well organized tour, learning about the floating market, have a coffee on the river, served by one of the boats, meet a familiy and cook and eat some food at a local family home, get some insight in the living of local citizens and eat some refreshing fruits on one of the floating boat. I can really recommend this tour!”

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Hoi An Cooking Class(Local market,Basket Boat,Fishing & Cooking) - Riding through Bay Mau Coconut Forest
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Hoi An Cooking Class(Local market,Basket Boat,Fishing & Cooking)

7.Hoi An Cooking Class(Local market,Basket Boat,Fishing & Cooking)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,323 reviews · from $28

Spend 4.5 hours with guides such as Tram or Sonny visiting a local market, learning to choose Vietnamese produce, riding a bamboo basket boat in Bay Mau Coconut Forest, catching crabs, and cooking a shared meal. Hotel pickup in Hoi An, recipes, safety gear, and lunch or dinner are included.

“Our family loved making and eating delicious food together following the instructions of our fantastic chefs.”

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From HCM: Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour - From District 1 to Vinh Trang Pagoda
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From HCM: Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour

8.From HCM: Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,183 reviews · from $81

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Ben Tre, and Can Tho with an English-speaking guide such as Bac, Phuc, Ele, or Pham. Ride motorboats and sampans, taste fruit and coconut candy, visit Cai Rang market, make bánh xèo, and sleep one night in a 3-star Can Tho hotel.

“Binh was an excellent guide: friendly and professional: he was very good at creating the group and involving everyone in the activities planned in the tour. The tour is amazing and even if it is a little bit "touristic" it can allow you to know a very unique corner of Vietnam. Highly recommended.”

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Cai Rang Floating Market & Mekong Delta 2-Day Tour from HCM City - Ben Tre shows the delta’s working side
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Cai Rang Floating Market & Mekong Delta 2-Day Tour from HCM City

9.Cai Rang Floating Market & Mekong Delta 2-Day Tour from HCM City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 942 reviews · from $61

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Ben Tre, and Can Tho, then rise early for Cai Rang Floating Market. You will ride boats, visit coconut and food workshops, cycle through villages, and stay one night in a 3-star hotel. Guides such as Bac, Nick, and Vinh are known for clear explanations and good care.

“We have just been on this trip with Bac, our guide, and Mr Hiep, who was driving our group on this trip. I would highly recommend it as it was very interesting to see Mekong Delta through the numerous experiences organised on this trip. It was two days but we felt that we spent a few days away as the programme is varied and kept us busy but was really well balanced. Getting up early on the second day was really worth it as the trip to the floating market was such a treat! Bac looked after us really well and always made sure we had what we needed. He…”

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Hoi An: Market Experience with Optional Fishing and Cooking - The ride to Cam Thanh changes the setting
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Hoi An: Market Experience with Optional Fishing and Cooking

10.Market Experience with Optional Fishing and Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 928 reviews · from $4Best value

Start at Hoi An Market, where you learn about local ingredients before heading to Cam Thanh’s coconut waterways. Paddle a round boat, try crab fishing, watch net casting, and join a cooking class with a local chef. Choose carefully from five options, including boat-only and meal-only choices.

“The cook is very friendly and funny. She creates a warm and relaxed atmosphere and chose nice local dishes. The time was also very nice, not too short not too long :€”

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Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour from HCMC - Cooking, cycling, and kayaking in the delta
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Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour from HCMC

11.Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour from HCMC

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 813 reviews · from $67

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho and Can Tho with an English-speaking guide such as Viet, Harry, or Khoa. Cruise canals, visit craft workshops, make bánh xèo, cycle and kayak, then rise at 6am for Cai Rang Floating Market.

“The positives: 1) It was a small group of seven people as opposed to a large tour group: 2) the local food production tour was informative; and 3) the cooking lesson and local seafood was great. The negatives: 1) Our kayak tour was cancelled due to the low afternoon tide; 2) the bikes available for the bike tour were old, un maintained and frankly hazardous.; and 3) the tour guide was totally unprofessional in his behavior and speech. He yelled back at one of the older members in our group —who was upset that his wife fell off her bike— as all the bikes had some issue (misaligned wheels, broken…”

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Vietnamese Food Cooking Class in Hanoi with Market Experience - The two-hour kitchen session
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Vietnamese Food Cooking Class in Hanoi with Market Experience

12.Vietnamese Food Cooking Class in Hanoi with Market Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 778 reviews · from $45

Meet at Hoang’s Cooking Class on Hang Buom Street for a market visit and three-dish Vietnamese cooking lesson. Choose from nine chef-suggested dishes, shop for fresh ingredients, then cook and eat your meal. Guides may include Laura, Daisy, Kitty, or Love, with coffee, tea, and a certificate included.

“Absolutely my best day in Hanoi. I very much enjoyed going to the market with Kitty, what an amazing experience from,l fresh fruits, veggies, livestock, spices, house hold items. We stopped along the way for traditional bfast and snack. Kitty Read more”

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Hanoi: Handcrafted Wood Carving Workshop with Local Artisan - What happens during the three-and-a-half-hour session
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Hanoi: Handcrafted Wood Carving Workshop with Local Artisan

13.Handcrafted Wood Carving Workshop with Local Artisan

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 733 reviews · from $19

Spend about three and a half hours learning beginner wood-carving techniques with a local artisan at a hidden garden villa in Hanoi. You will receive tools, materials, step-by-step help, mineral water, and one complimentary drink, then take your finished wooden piece home. The meeting point is in Ba Đình.

“The class started with a trip to the market to buy the ingredients that we would cook, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to visit a local food market. The range of vegetables, fruit, noodles for sale was amazing. Hazel was an excellent instructoRead more”

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Can Tho: A Real Mekong Tour, Floating Market, Cacao & Life's - Fresh pineapple and a closer look at river life
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Can Tho: A Real Mekong Tour, Floating Market, Cacao & Life’s

14.A Real Mekong Tour, Floating Market, Cacao & Life’s

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 574 reviews · from $25

Start at 5:00 AM in central Can Tho for a small-boat tour with guides such as Hieu, Duy, Lam, or Chris. See Cai Rang floating market, eat breakfast on the river, visit quiet canals, a noodle house, fruit garden, village, and organic cacao farm.

“It’s worth to do if you visit south Vietnam. The guide speaks English very well and the experience is unique.”

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Hoi An Eco Tour Cooking Class & Fishing (Local market,basket boat,learn cooking) - A warm welcome and two hours at the cooking station
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Hoi An Eco Tour Cooking Class & Fishing (Local market,basket boat,learn cooking)

15.Hoi An Eco Tour Cooking Class & Fishing (Local market,basket boat,learn cooking)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 567 reviews · from $29

Start with a guided market visit in Hoi An, then fish from a traditional Vietnamese basket boat through the Bay Mau coconut forest. Back at the family restaurant, a chef leads a two-hour Vietnamese cooking class. Hotel pickup, food, tea, water, and return transport in Hoi An are included.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to see the local market, enjoy a ride in a traditional boat and spend some time preparing and savouring some local food. Our hosts were lovely and friendly and we had the best time exploroing Hoi An's delights with them. We even got to try our luck in fishing and caught a crab!”

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