Exploring Ha Long Night Market - A Paradise of Food and Shopping

Exploring Ha Long Night Market - A Paradise of Food and Shopping

Ha Long Night Market has long been an unmissable destination for tourists when visiting the heritage city. Located in the center of Bai Chay, the night market operates bustlingly with a variety of goods, food, and entertainment spaces. To have a complete experience right from the first days of your visit, we invite you to refer to nvktravel's travel guide for this night market in the article below.

Where is Ha Long Night Market?

Address of Ha Long night market

Address of Ha Long Night Market

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Just a single evening wandering around Ha Long Night Market, you can fully "recharge" your energy, fill your stomach, and bring home a bag of lovely souvenirs without going far. The market is located right on Hoang Quoc Viet street, in Hung Thang ward, Bai Chay area, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province. It is only a 3-minute drive from Bai Chay Bridge, about 700m from Sun World Ha Long Complex, and around 8 - 10 km from Tuan Chau pier. Tourists staying at Muong Thanh, Vinpearl, Novotel, Wyndham hotels in Bai Chay only need a 5 - 10 minute walk to reach the market.

The opening hours of Ha Long Night Market are from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM, on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays each week. Coming to the Night Market, you will experience street food, shopping, and feel the bustling atmosphere of buyers and sellers.

What delicious food is at Ha Long Night Market?

To develop tourism at Ha Long Night Market, Quang Ninh province has invested in planning the market up to 5000 m2, including 335 stalls selling souvenirs, fashion, toys, eateries,... Among them, the second floor specializes in food, and if you visit once, you can enjoy dishes such as:

Fresh seafood specialties at Ha Long Night Market

Fresh seafood specialties not to be missed when visiting the night market

Fresh seafood specialties that cannot be missed when visiting the night market

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Coming to Ha Long without savoring fresh seafood in the lively atmosphere of the night market means you haven't truly set foot in the bay city! All types of seafood here are caught fresh daily, displayed alive in tanks, and the prices are extremely "affordable" compared to upscale restaurants, starting from 150 - 450k/kg.

  • Sam bien Quang Ninh: A national dish during night parties in Ha Long. Diners can choose between sweet and sour sam salad or crispy fried sam cakes. Each plate of sam salad or sam cake is only from 350 - 450k, enough for 4 - 5 people to eat well.
  • Ngan bien: The most popular dish is hot ngan porridge fragrant with ginger, ngan steamed with lemongrass, or ngan grilled with fat. Prices start from 50 - 80k/bowl of porridge, 150k/kg for live ngan.
  • Fresh squid and cuttlefish: Quang Ninh's specialty features large, thick squid, grilled over charcoal and served with green chili salt.
  • Oysters: Oysters at Ha Long Night Market are plump and creamy, just need to be steamed with lemon and lemongrass or grilled with onion and cheese to make diners "melt".
  • Be be, crab, baby lobster, sa sung: Be be stir-fried with tamarind, crab steamed with beer, grilled baby lobster, and sa sung stir-fried with garlic or fried are all "bestsellers" at eateries.

Banh cuon cha muc crispy and chewy

Grilled rice rolls with squid paste, fragrant and crispy

Banh cuon cha muc fragrant and crispy

Tourists cannot leave the night market without trying the authentic banh cuon cha muc. Unlike regular banh cuon, the cha muc here is hand-pounded from fresh squid, shaped into balls, and fried to a golden brown, fragrant aroma. Thin rice paper wraps around the hot cha muc, wood ear mushrooms, fried onions, served with a bowl of sweet and sour dipping sauce and a plate of fresh vegetables. A full portion costs only 50 - 70k and is filling until late at night.

Snacks

After enjoying seafood and banh cuon, take a stroll and don’t rush home but continue to explore the snack stalls. With 100k, tourists can indulge in treats like chewy jackfruit yogurt, grilled rice paper, banh khoai, shrimp pancakes,...

What affordable items can you buy at Ha Long Night Market?

No matter where you go, souvenirs are not only keepsakes for yourself but also meaningful gifts you can buy for family, friends, and colleagues. When visiting Ha Long Night Market, take a stroll, and you can pick up a few meaningful items such as:

Items you can purchase when visiting the night market

Items you can buy when visiting the night market

Handcrafted souvenirs

Ha Long Night Market has many stalls displaying unique, high-quality handcrafted souvenirs. A few items include:

  • Wooden boat models of Ha Long Bay, mini cruise ships.
  • Coal paintings carved
  • Pearl bracelets, earrings, natural coral necklaces
  • Shell wind chimes, super cute seashells that can be hung on the balcony.
  • Foldable lanterns, salt lamps
  • Keychains, Buddha statues.

Dried specialties

When mentioning Ha Long, people often think of fresh seafood specialties, but dried seafood products that are vacuum-packed are also very famous. Dried seafood items are perfect for gifts, such as sun-dried squid, hand-pounded squid cakes, shrimp floss, and tiny shrimp floss...

Traditional textiles and cool beach fashion

The main entrance area of Ha Long Night Market has a row of stalls selling ethnic San, Diu, Dao textiles that look unique and distinctive. The stalls always attract a large number of foreign tourists with popular products such as textile bags, scarves, conical hats, cowboy hats,...

A collection of locations near Ha Long Night Market

A stroll at Ha Long Night Market is not just about eating or shopping. If you don’t want to go home yet, tourists can take a few more steps to visit nearby locations to explore the wonderful beauty of Ha Long. Below are some places about 5 - 15 minutes away by walking or motorbike that you cannot miss:

Old Quarter Ha Long - Just 3 minutes walk from the night market

Strolling around Ha Long Old Town, just 3 minutes walk from Ha Long night market

Strolling through the Old Quarter of Ha Long is just 3 minutes walk from Ha Long Night Market

Located right next to Ha Long Night Market, the area is designed with a unique house-in-house style, with two eye-catching facades, both ancient like Hoi An and modern. At night, the lights sparkle, with many cafes, bars, and restaurants offering a bay view for relaxation. A stroll around will give you plenty of photo opportunities.

Bazaar Night Market Ha Long - Sun Carnaval

A brand new but extremely cool location in Ha Long, located right in Sun Carnaval square. Covering more than 1ha, with over 330 stalls, designed in a modern European style, featuring a dance floor, flower garden, and an outdoor stage for evening performances. Here, there are restaurants serving a full range of Korean, Japanese, and Thai cuisine. If you choose to enjoy BBQ while sipping beer with a view of the water music stage, nothing could be better.

My Gia Western Street in Hon Gai

Admire the colorful Western street My Gia

Admire the colorful Western street My Gia

About 10 -12 minutes from Ha Long night market across Bai Chay bridge, you will encounter My Gia Western street, known as the “Color of the Five Continents”. Here you can find a corner of Hanoi's 36 streets, a corner of Hoi An lanterns, a corner of bar pubs like Bui Vien,... Every night there is live music, DJ, draft beer, and international food. If you want to experience the “backpacker” atmosphere, you can stop by here to party until late.

Quang Ninh Museum

Quang Ninh Museum stands out with its glossy black glass building, a “legend” located by the sea, looking beautiful at night like a shining gem. Strolling around inside and outside the museum, visitors have many beautiful spots to take photos.

Tips for first-time visitors to Quang Ninh night market

Although rated as a safe tourist destination, if visiting Ha Long night market for the first time, visitors should pay attention to:

  • Ideal visiting time: Ha Long night market starts setting up stalls from 5:30 PM, around 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM is the ideal time, when you can admire the sparkling lights at dusk and easily bargain for goods.
  • Bargaining tips: Most stalls have listed prices, but bargaining is still common; visitors can confidently bargain down to 50% to avoid feeling ripped off.
  • Protecting your wallet and phone: The night market has strict patrolling security, but if it gets too crowded, there may still be pickpockets lurking. Visitors should not be complacent, and should wear crossbody bags, keep backpacks in front, and hold their phones to avoid losing them.

Ha Long night market is the brightest heart of Ha Long when night falls. This place not only offers you delicious meals but also brings a lively atmosphere. If you are planning to travel to this beautiful bay city, check out booking Ha Long tour at nvktravel, with a clear itinerary, you just need to pack your suitcase and have fun, the rest is taken care of by nvktravel from A to Z.