Published:  08:24 Thursday - May 31, 2012

Thanh Nhan market in Soc Son district, Hanoi, still preserves features of rural markets in the past.

This market has been operating for several decades. It is only several kilometers
from the Noi Bai International Airport


The market opens less than ten times a month, offering goods for farmers


A woman works the bellows while her husband grinds a knife for sales


Pork


Vegetables and fruit


Mr. Tuyen, a key maker, who has been her fore tens of years. He said he earns around $4/marketday.
He has to pay VND500,000 ($25)/year, plus daily fee, for this seat


A kid goes to the market with his mother


Vegetable sellers said that they only sell vegetable harvested from their own gardens


Dry pancakes


Conical hats


A baby duck is priced VND3,500 to VND12,000 ($0.17-0.6)