Can Tho floating market

Contest Entry Code: a1c549081f28459087266ae09191e5b7

Unit: Individual

Place of creation: 15 bowls of evergreen, Phường Long Tuyền, Cần Thơ, Việt Nam

This photograph evokes a very familiar image of the Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho. In the middle of the vast river, boats and canoes crowd together, laden with goods: fruits, vegetables, rice, even food stalls and coffee shops set up on the boats. Buyers and sellers bustle about, not with shouts, but with "bamboo poles"—hanging their goods on a pole so that passersby can easily see them. Mornings at the floating market always possess a simple yet vibrant beauty. The morning sun bathes the water in golden light, the sound of boat engines blends with the chatter and bargaining of merchants. The aroma of rice noodle soup, vermicelli soup, or a hot cup of coffee wafts on the breeze. String lights on the suspension bridge hang like witnesses to the rhythm of life on the river—peaceful during the day, and brilliantly illuminated at night. The Can Tho floating market is not just a place for buying and selling goods, but also an integral part of the soul of the Mekong Delta. It retains its simple, genuine spirit, so that anyone who visits once will remember it forever.