Seafood Market in Vung Tau – Heaven for those who love Seafood

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Seafood Market in Vung Tau – Heaven for those who love Seafood

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Vietnam is a coastal country with a wide variety of seafood, fresh, delicious and very affordable. In Vung Tau, seafood is considered delicious and cheaper in other places. If you want to enjoy seafood in Vung Tau and want to buy food at the market of Vietnamese, do not forget the seafood market in Vung Tau.

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Xom Luoi Seafood Market 

Xom Luoi Market in Vung Tau is considered as the place to sell fresh seafood that is the cheapest of this city recommended by the tourist community. The location is right at a corner of Phan Boi Chau street, intersection with Nguyen Cong Tru street. If you suddenly crave for seafood, you can drop into Xom Luoi market which opens from the morning to the afternoon with full of fresh seafood.

The best time for you to go to Xom Luoi market is at 3:00 or 4:00 pm because this market usually has the new marine products then. What is better than you can choose the fresh fish or crab that have just been caught, isn’t it?

Seafood in the Xom Luoi seafood market in Vung Tau is also very various: shrimp, crabs, crabs, squid, octopus … all kind of seafood but the price is very cheap! Many types of fish such as promfet, grouper, mackerel are not marinated so they are always fresh. To buy the most bargain seafood, you should ask for 10-15% off of the price offered.

If you want to buy fresh seafood as a gift for your friends, you can also visit this market. This is one of the best seafood markets in Vung Tau so you don’t need to be worried about buying anything, the sellers know how to package it in a good way for you.

Ben Da Market

This market  located on Tran Phu Street, Ward 5, Vung Tau City, is right near Ben Da, so that the seafood here are fishing and brought back immediately to Ben Da port. The opening hours are from 6am to 6pm daily.

Seafood here is taken direct from the port so very fresh and safe. One thing to note is that when you buy seafood, you should go down about 20-30k depending on the types of seafood.

Coming to Ben Da Market, you can go down to the port to see people transporting fish ashore and catching up with the beautiful scenery boats. Beside that, you can also enjoy the sea food with the villagers fishing here.

Vung Tau Night Seafood Market 

Referring to the cheapest seafood market in Vung Tau, you can not miss the night market. The biggest advantage of Vung Tau night seafood market is that you can try and enjoy every kind of seafood you want right after buying them.  The market is quite large and only opens at night, mainly for tourists. Every day here also attracts crowded people to enjoy and buy seafood.

This night market has so many different kinds of seafood such as crab with tamarind sauce, steamed crabs, grilled horse mackerel, sauteed oyster scallops, grilled oysters with onions and garlic grease, grilled oyster mushrooms, etc.

As soon as you step into the market, you will be fascinated by the attractive aroma of the seafood is being processed. Night market attracts visitors not only by the freshness of seafood but also because of the cooking skills of the shops’ owners. Most of the diners in Vung Tau night market display the raw and fresh seafood. They will wait until you finish choosing the food and cook it then. The food price includes the cooking fee already, so you only need to pick your favorite seafood and wait for it to be served in front of you.

Ben Dinh Market

If you love the feeling of choosing the fresh seafood by your own hands, you should visit Ben Dinh market which opens from the early morning every day. Located on Le Loi Street, Vung Tau City, Ben Dinh Market is also known as Ben Dinh fish village and considered one of the oldest fishing villages in Ba Ria – Vung Tau. In case you want to go to the market early to have good preparation for lunch, the perfect time to go there is about 4:00 or 5:00 am. This is the ideal time you can find the best seafood and understand more about the local lifestyle. Therefore, visitors should go early to choose a variety of delicious seafood before the dealer come to buy in large quantity.

Not only is one of the cheapest seafood market in Vung Tau for wholesalers, it is also considered a popular seafood destination of many locals. Here, crabs, crabs and prawns are very big so it should be suitable for you to buy as gifts for friends and family.

Seafood markets in Vung Tau are very interesting destinations and it does not appear in tourist guides, if you want to have a great experience here so seafood markets in Vung Tau will be a wonderful destination for you.