Best time by region
Each cell counts the places in this list marked as worth visiting in that month (the best months on each location page). Darker means more of the region's places agree.
| Region | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Vietnam3 places | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Central Vietnam2 places | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Vietnam6 places | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Best months per place - North Vietnam (3)
| Place | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Ba TownApr - Oct | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Đồng Văn MarketOct - Mar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Đồng Văn Old TownMar - Apr, Sep - Nov | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Best months per place - Central Vietnam (2)
| Place | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hội An Ancient TownFeb - Apr, Oct - Nov | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mũi Né Fishing VillageJun - Aug | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Best months per place - South Vietnam (6)
| Place | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Thanh MarketYear-round | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cái Răng Floating MarketYear-round | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hàm Ninh Fishing VillageNov - Apr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Phú Quốc Night MarketNov - Apr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Phước Hải Fishing VillageNov - Apr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Phước Tỉnh Fishing VillageNov - Apr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Markets by region11 places
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View on mapNorth Vietnam (3)
Destination guides Cat Ba, Ha Giang · North Vietnam guide →
Cat Ba Town
Hải Phòng
Cat Ba Town is the main settlement on Cat Ba Island in Hải Phòng province - a compact harbour-front town that serves as the base for Lan Ha Bay kayaking, overnight cruises, and Cat Ba National Park trekking, with a lively seafood restaurant strip, night market, and the new Sunworld beach on its doorstep.
Đồng Văn Market
Hà Giang
Đồng Văn Sunday Market in Hà Giang province is a weekly gathering of H'Mông, Tày, Nùng, and Lô Lô communities on the Đồng Văn Karst Plateau - ethnic minority families in traditional dress trading livestock, textiles, and food including thắng cố, mèn mén, thịt trâu gác bếp, and phở gà đen. Smaller than Mèo Vạc market but a genuine community event worth timing your loop around.
Đồng Văn Old Town
Hà Giang
Đồng Văn Old Town - 40 preserved stone houses at the core of the UNESCO Global Geopark, on Vietnam's northernmost plateau at 1,600m. Sunday minority market at dawn, weekly Saturday-Sunday cultural nights with bonfires and dancing, and a climate that occasionally brings frost and snow in winter.
Central Vietnam (2)
Destination guides Hoi An, Mui Ne · Central Vietnam guide →
Hội An Ancient Town
Quang Nam
Hội An Ancient Town is Vietnam's best-preserved trading port - a UNESCO World Heritage Site of 400-year-old merchant houses, assembly halls, temples, and lantern-lit streets on the Thu Bồn River, where Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese architectural traditions fuse into a single walkable neighbourhood.
Mũi Né Fishing Village
Bình Thuận
Mũi Né Fishing Village is a working harbour at the tip of the Mũi Né cape, where hundreds of colourful round basket boats (thuyền thúng) are moored in the bay. The early morning fish market is one of the most photogenic scenes on Vietnam's south coast.
South Vietnam (6)
Destination guides Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta, Phu Quoc · South Vietnam guide →
Ben Thanh Market
Hồ Chí Minh
Ben Thanh Market is the defining landmark of central Ho Chi Minh City - a French colonial covered market built 1912-1914 with a distinctive clocktower entrance, selling food, clothing, and souvenirs, surrounded by an evening street food market. The name traces back to the late 18th century Bát Quái citadel and its riverside dock.
Cái Răng Floating Market
Cần Thơ
Cái Răng Floating Market is the largest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta - recognised as national intangible cultural heritage in 2016 and listed by Rough Guides among the world's 10 most impressive markets. Hundreds of wooden boats gather at dawn to trade fruit and produce on the Cần Thơ River, 6km south of the city centre.
Hàm Ninh Fishing Village
Kien Giang
Hàm Ninh Fishing Village on Phú Quốc's east coast is the island's oldest surviving fishing community - wooden stilt houses over the water, fresh crab and oysters straight off the morning boats, and a world away from the resort side of the island.
Phú Quốc Night Market
Kien Giang
Phú Quốc Night Market (Chợ Đêm Bạch Đằng) in Dương Đông is the island's most well-known evening market, formerly known as Chợ Đêm Dinh Cậu before relocating - grilled seafood, souvenirs, and pearl stalls fill a riverside street, though the footprint has shrunk in 2026 due to ongoing riverside redevelopment.
Phước Hải Fishing Village
Ba Ria - Vung Tau
Phước Hải is the best fishing village near Ho Chi Minh City that also has a proper beach - 1.5 hours from Saigon by Toàn Thắng bus, with a morning seafood market, fresh oysters, a 1km seafront promenade, and a beach clean enough to swim in. The combo of fishing village and beach is rare on this coastline.
Phước Tỉnh Fishing Village
Ba Ria - Vung Tau
Phước Tỉnh is one of the oldest and most active fishing ports in southern Vietnam - a working harbor in Long Điền district, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, where hundreds of fishing vessels dock daily, and the morning market is one of the most photogenic and genuine seafood scenes near Ho Chi Minh City. Note: don't confuse it with Phước Hải, a similarly-named but separate fishing town in neighbouring Đất Đỏ district.
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