Current status of 3 wholesale markets of dozens of hectares in Ho Chi Minh City

In Ho Chi Minh City, there are 3 large agricultural and food wholesale markets including: Thu Duc; Hormone; Binh Dien. These markets have undergone about 20 years of construction and development, and are the main source of distribution for traditional markets, business households, and city residents... (Photo: Hoang Huong).

Binh Dien Wholesale Market is located on Nguyen Van Linh Avenue, in the southwest of Ho Chi Minh City in Ward 7, District 8. This is considered the largest wholesale market in Vietnam today with a total area of ​​65 hectares, currently in the exploitation phase. 1 about 34 hectares (Photo: Anhui).

The market includes 7 cage houses and 2 warehouses, parking lot and auxiliary works. The market sells main products such as seafood, pork and vegetables. There are currently more than 1.500 traders doing business in a variety of industries, providing nearly 50% of food output for Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Anh Huy).

The market has a convenient location for trade as it is located on Nguyen Van Linh Avenue, about 1m from National Highway 750 and 15km from Ho Chi Minh City center. One side of the market is located adjacent to the Ben Luc River, making it convenient to transport goods by water from the Mekong Delta provinces (Photo: Anhui).

Binh Dien wholesale market was built and put into operation in 2006, trading the following items: fresh flowers, vegetables, fruits, fish and high-quality seafood, aquatic products (sea fish), cattle meat, Dried seafood, fish sauce, and fruits (Photo: Anh Huy).

Located at the eastern gateway of the city, Thu Duc wholesale market has an area of ​​about 20 hectares, where agricultural products, vegetables and fruits from the provinces are gathered for distribution to small markets in the city. (Photo: Hoang Huong).

Container trucks continuously enter and exit the import yard in Thu Duc wholesale market. Here, the goods are transported by workers via tricycles to the stalls of small traders in the market (Photo: Hoang Huong).

The market includes caged buildings and auxiliary buildings such as warehouses, preliminary processing areas, management areas, and waste treatment stations. Since coming into operation, Thu Duc wholesale market has contributed to creating jobs for thousands of workers (Photo: Hoang Huong).

With an area of ​​about 10 hectares, Hoc Mon wholesale market is a transit point, supplying food and agricultural products in the northwest of the city (Photo: Hoang Huong).

Talk to reporters People intellectual, representative of the Management Board of Hoc Mon Wholesale Market, said that each day the source of goods flows in from 2.300 - 2.500 tons. Of which, 1.300 tons of vegetables, tubers, and fruits came from the provinces; leafy vegetables about 250 tons; trees about 300 tons; the rest is pork. In general, the quantity of imported agricultural products is stable (Photo: Hoang Huong). “If Binh Dien wholesale market and Thu Duc wholesale market mainly operate at night and early in the morning, Hoc Mon wholesale market operates during the day. Every day, the market welcomes about 8.000 - 10.000 visitors. The market operates 24/24, so maintenance work is regularly carried out," said a representative of Hoc Mon Wholesale Market Management Board.

According to the reporter's observations, despite signs prohibiting people from encroaching on the sidewalks, spontaneous trading still blatantly takes place on the roads surrounding the markets. Garbage is widespread and stinks, causing traffic safety and urban aesthetics (Photo: Hoang Huong).

Recently, the Department of Industry and Trade submitted a report to the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on a proposal to research and develop a fourth wholesale market in Tan Hiep commune (Hoc Mon district) with a scale of more than 4 hectares. The project is implemented according to the method of the state planning the area, arranging land fund and clearing the site, while the enterprise invests in infrastructure, facilities, management and exploitation of operations (Photo: Hoang Huong) .