| 📍 Country/City | Vietnam · Hanoi |
| 🏬 Address | Dong Xuan Street, Hang Buom Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 🏭 Categories | Daily-use Goods Apparel & Textiles |
| 🖼 Image keyword | Dong Xuan Market Hanoi wholesale 🔍 Search images |
Dong Xuan Market sits at the northern edge of Hanoi's Old Quarter in Hoan Kiem District. First built by the French colonial administration in 1889, it is one of Hanoi's oldest and largest covered traditional markets. After a major fire nearly destroyed the building in 1994, it was rebuilt as a five-arched hall with multiple trading floors. The market focuses on wholesale trade in the early morning, when bulk buyers from northern provinces stock up, and opens to retail shoppers and visitors later in the day. It remains a working commercial institution in the capital's old commercial heart.
The market trades in garments, fabrics, shoes, household goods, handicrafts, dried food and small electronics, with early-morning bulk buyers from provinces across northern Vietnam sourcing stock for resale. For Chinese export manufacturers, it offers a window into northern Vietnam's downstream demand for light consumer goods, accessories and textiles, and a place to meet regional distributors rather than end consumers, making it a useful first stop for any sourcing trip to the capital.
