VietNamNet Bridge - Ben Thanh Market is a famous place for long-timeresidents in HCM City as well as visitors to the country’s most bustling hub.      Ben Thanh Market offers visitors all they need such as clothes, footwear, accessories, jewelry, hardware, pet shops, crafts, flowers, spices, nuts, food and restaurants. In the market you can find everything from food to all kinds of Vietnam souvenirs symbolic of all regions of the country.  For many tourists as well as the local people, the day is too hot to go shopping, while the evening is an ideal time to meet and gather outside to enjoy meal or drink under the stars. Ben Thanh night market has a different appearance from the daily market.  After 6:00 pm, traders mount their street stalls and shelves on the outside of Ben Thanh market and all the restaurants and stalls continue activity at the gates of Cho Ben Thanh market. Night market is another facet of the venue that has become increasingly...

We took a coach vexere.com/en-US from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be at midnight after an exciting talk about floating markets where boats full of fruits, vegetables and other goods gather and sellers on board their boats noisily talking in the early morning. After an hour-long trip, we headed for Cai Be wharf. The whole street was quiet but there were some dogs barking in a distance. We took a motorbike taxi after a short walk to get to Cai Be wharf. It was 2am but food, drink and fruit vendors could be seen along the river. We enjoyed a hot bowl of banh canh (rice noodle soup served with shrimp, pork and crab) and a glass of smoothies. Cai Be River looked beautiful even though it was raining then. While waiting for the rain to stop, we rented a small boat to tour the river. The boatman told us stories about the floating market and changes in the area over time. He stopped next to a huge row of water hyacinth to pick the plant to make a salad with fish...

Craft beer is in. And it looks like it’s here to stay. But if it’s something that has so far passed you by, don’t worry, there could be a craft beer venue in your neighborhood soon. "I expect the number of micro-breweries in Saigon to have doubled by this time next year," Travis Smith from Bia Craft told AnyArena. As someone who’s seen the growth of its popularity here first-hand (mostly from behind the bar), he should know.   Says Michael Rowland, co-founder of TeTe, a Belgian style range of wheat beers, "I think the reception of craft beer by the local market has been very positive. I’m not terribly surprised either. Vietnam already loves beer, so making better beer seems like a no-brainer." Fellow craftie and Fuzzy Logic co-founder Colin O’Keefe gave us his opinion on the 'craft' experience. “A great craft beer is an art. The ingredients are top quality, the brewing is done with care, and the flavors that result are much more balanced, wholesome, and complex.” So...