Chợ Long Biên is a food market in Ba Dinh, Hanoi.
Cho Long Bien in Hanoi is the city's biggest wholesale produce market under the 1898 Long Bien Bridge, running through the night and peaking 02:00-05:00.
Must order: A bowl of pho at one of the bridge-foot stalls at 04:00; the bun rieu crab noodles run earliest.
Tip: Grab a taxi or motorbike, not Grab car (the alley routes block large vehicles). Operating since 1992.
Address: 189 Hong Ha, Phuc Xa, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Cho Quang Ba in Hanoi is northern Vietnam's largest wholesale flower market on the West Lake bank, running 23:00-05:00 with pho stalls on the lake side.
Order: A pho or banh mi from the lake-side stalls along Au Co; the market wraps up by sunrise.
Tip: Best photographed 02:00-04:00 when buyers arrive from across northern Vietnam. Taxi or motorbike only at that hour.
Cho Hom in Hanoi is the Hai Ba Trung district's dry-goods market on Hue street, a quieter alternative to Dong Xuan with Northern food ingredients and Tet.
Order: Pre-made banh chung wrappers and dried mushrooms during Tet season; tropical fruit through summer.
Tip: Less tourist-heavy than Dong Xuan; bargain on the ground floor, fixed prices on the upper levels. Cash only.
Cho Hang Be in Hanoi is the Old Quarter's pre-cooked-food market on Hang Be lane, where housewives buy roast duck and banh cuon for that day's meal.
Order: Roast duck by the kilo and steamed banh cuon to take away; ask for sticky-rice cha lua sausage too.
Tip: Buzz peaks 07:00-10:00. Cash only and bring your own bag; vendors wrap in banana leaves but plastic costs extra.
Cho Dong Xuan in Hanoi is the Old Quarter's largest covered market, built in 1889 under French rule and stretching across three floors of vendors.
Order: Bun rieu crab noodles and bun oc snail soup at the food court; the Friday-Sunday night market on Hang Khoai.
Tip: 06:00-09:00 is the wholesale buzz; tourists arrive after 10:00. North side opens to Hang Khoai's night-market food stalls.
