An Insider’s Photos at Ho Thi Ky – The Saigon Flower Market
After a long day in the urban, you want to find somewhere unique, less crowded than the city center? Down the South 4 kilometers from the city is a street full of flower shops. Hồ Thị Kỷ – Ho Thi Ky Flower market in District 10 is home to the Saigoneers.
Surrounded by the old apartments, created first by just a small group of flower vendors, then expanded with the arrival of immigrants from various regions of Vietnam making their sales from flowers, Ho Thi Ky became a big area with a diversity of goods, most of which are flowers. Most flower markets in HCMC open only over the Tết Holiday in Spring, but this Ho Thi Ky market opens at all time, 24/7. Whether night or day, you will find such vivid atmosphere here, where colorful flowers are seen along the sideways that emerge with the pace of daily life of the locals.
All kinds of flowers in the South are brought here and get delivered to all parts of Saigon for sales.
Finished with the flowers? Since it’s a market, there are lots of food stalls, too. You won’t be disappointed with the world of cheap street food here, from 1$ Vietnamese soup dishes, 25-cent Cantonese chive cakes to the 1$ Pad Thai! Lots of food offers for you.
Words and photos by Khoi Nguyen
I’ve never visited this street before but it sounds so cool. I would love to wander around the goods shops and try the food there. Thanks for sharing!
There are so many flowers there, I bet it smells amazing! And all the food looks delicious too.
Oh my gosh food! The street name sounds unfamiliar but the food is so amazing. I want to try pad thai. Thanks for sharing.
I have always wanted to visit a flower market! This place sounds lovely and the food delicious!
The Saigon flower market looks absolutely beautiful! Sounds like such a wonderful afternoon and the food looks incredible too!
Oh how fun…it looks like you had a blast. This is definitely a place worth visiting.
Love these pictures! would love to visit Vietnam.