Dong Xuan Market 2026 - Hanoi's Biggest Indoor Market @ Vietnam

Given that it was mom's first visit to Hanoi, I knew I had to bring her to the capital's biggest indoor market as she is a major shopper for dried food produce, and then only thing I should worry about is whether we had enough luggage space for our plane ride back to Singapore!

As we only had about two nights in Hanoi, it was decided that we shall only target the ground floor of Dong Xuan Market, and avoid non-food stalls as mom would have spent even more time; limited time requires strategizing and mom is known to procrastinate, like me.

On my last trip to Hanoi, with my dad with a focus on Sapa, I visited the market only to find that the stall I wanted to patronize was already closing for the day! And this time round, I made it a point to reach much earlier! So here's Lan Ca, at B1 level, Unit 37-37a, at the other section! 

As expected, the friendly lady who can't speak English, kept feeding us sample after sample of walnuts, macadamia nuts, lotus seeds, cashew nuts etc etc etc! 160K dong for a kilogram of macadamia nuts, 240K dong for a kilogram of cashew nuts with skin. 

The price was reasonable and the samples tasted great, clearing the final hurdle from my picky mom! Unlike some unscrupulous stallowners, the boss from Lan Ca would scoop out from the same bag that she used to "feed" us. 

Needless to say, we bought quite "a bit". And we can ask to pack them in bags of 250 grams, 500 grams and a kilogram, at no extra charge! p.s. using google translate helped to bridge the communication. 

After walking away from Lan Ca, my mom was shortly captivated by the above shop; Thuc Du, at B1 level, Unit 32. It wasn't something she saw; it was something she caught a whiff of.

The seasoning strewn across the stall and the one she was looking for would be the Vietnamese pepper which had such a piquant aroma that even I decided to get a small bag which cost just 30k dong (about about S$1.50)! 

Haul after stepping out of Dong Xuan Market.

Easily more than 10 kilograms worth of stuff! 

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Address

Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem, 

Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam

Map

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