The Night Market Spine
The weekend night market and sweet preserved fruit
Hang Dao is the spine of the Old Quarter, the street every route crosses. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights it closes to traffic and becomes the walking spine of the night market, three kilometres of stalls running north to Dong Xuan. By day this cluster is about silk history, fine fabrics and the sweet shops of Hang Duong, where families buy preserved fruit and traditional sweets for Tet.
Streets in this quarter
Hàng Đào
Silk street. The central axis of the Old Quarter and the heart of the weekend night market.
Hàng Ngang
Fine fabrics, now fashion. Once a street of premium cloth traders, today dense with fashion and cosmetics shops.
Hàng Đường
Sweets and preserved fruit. The address for o mai preserved fruit, candied sweets and Tet gift boxes.
Hàng Bồ
Bamboo baskets and woven ware. Sellers of bamboo baskets, trays and woven household goods near the market crossroads.