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In the US, there is also a Vietnamese market called CHOM HOM

The seller is sitting on a chair, displaying the goods on a canvas. And buyers squat to choose goods.

CHOM HOM Market – Vietnamese market with bold cultural beauty

For Vietnamese people, especially in the Western region, the concept of a squatting market is no longer strange. Because just go to the rustic villages, you can come across markets like that, with very clear Vietnamese market characteristics.

To put it simply, the market is a place to gather, trade and exchange agricultural products available in the home garden.

In the US, there is also a Vietnamese market called CHOM HOM-1 .
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The crouching market is close, familiar and spontaneous. The items at the market are also very simple. Maybe a bunch of vegetables, a few stalks of onions or a bunch of shrimp, a bunch of fresh shrimp that have just been beaten ashore.

The name crouching market comes from the sitting posture of buyers and sellers. They do not have tables and chairs, stalls displaying goods.

Simply spread out an old truck or fabric to display. Then squat to sell. Shoppers also squatted to choose and buy.

The squatting market has long become a unique cultural feature of the Vietnamese people. It evokes ancient memories and evokes images of the country and people living in harmony and closeness.

Vietnamese market in the land of flags

Few people know that, in the faraway US, there is also a Vietnamese market. In the midst of the flashy country of flowers, the rustic features of the Vietnamese people are still preserved.

It shows up through images of buyers and sellers squatting on the ground. They exchanged a few bundles of “home grown” vegetables and onions.

In the US, there is also a Vietnamese market called CHOM HOM-2 .
The seller is sitting on a chair, displaying the goods on a canvas. And buyers squat to choose goods. This scene of protein in the Vietnamese market, who would have thought it would appear in America!?

The images are very strange to Americans but very familiar to Vietnamese people. That is the scene of buying and selling at a market called Chom Hom of Vietnamese people in Houston, Texas, USA.

Bunches of vegetables, onion stalks, some chili peppers, eggplants, shrimp and fish… are displayed on the ground, next to the roadside. Sellers sit on low plastic chairs to relieve leg fatigue.

Buyers squat down to choose goods. Or else stooped to look at the items you want to buy.

And, more familiar than ever are the sounds of offers and bids. Just like the country market in Vietnam that one cannot find in the “super markets”.

“Who buys cheap vegetables, run well here, sell 1 dong 2 bundles”. That is the sound of the old lady wearing a conical hat waving her hand to invite customers to buy vegetables from early in the morning.

In the US, there is also a Vietnamese market called CHOM HOM-3 .
The image of Mrs. Giap (over 80 years old), wearing a black shirt, busy selling vegetables, was one of the first people to attend this market.

According to some longtime sellers. At first, some Vietnamese people who came here did not know what to do, so they brought some home-grown vegetables to sell. Then others also feel happy, so they “join”.

Since then, the name Chom Hom market has gradually become famous. Vietnamese people who go to church on Sundays and weekends often come here to buy food to cook to regain the taste of their homeland.

According to the law in the US, people are not allowed to have a free market on the roadside like this. But the community here has asked the local government to allow the market to be held every Sunday.

It is worth noting that even conical hats and raven-beaked scarves – which are now rare in Vietnam – are found in the toad market in the middle of the United States. They are all Vietnamese, speaking many languages ​​from different regions of Vietnam. Many people go to the market just to have a good conversation in Vietnamese.

A handful of vegetables, little fruit, or little food may not be very profitable. But for the Vietnamese here, that is more than enough for a little taste of home, in a faraway land!

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