Vietnam: February 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Floating Market in the Mekong Delta

A mode of commerce that is apparently being replaced, as roads are improved and entrepreneurs acquire trucks: boat owners buy food from farmers upriver, bring it down to the floating market, and sell it to local merchants.


Posted by Jeffrey Green at 12:19 AM
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