Phuoc Hai Fish Market

      Tourists who set foot on Phuoc Hai Fish Market are immediately overcome by the fishy smell and the liveliness of the setting as local residents call out nois­ily to each other in this fishing village.
Alongside the local fishing boats, many others from Binh Dinh, Binh Thuan and Khanh Hoa are also moored at Phuoc Hai fish depot.
The market, located in Phuoc Hai Town­ship, Dat Do District, is one of the oldest fishing villages in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. The village springs to life at 3 a.m. in the morning, when darkness still covers the coastal village of Phuoc Hai, as fish catching vessels return from the open sea. The junks come and move their large catch of innumerable fish onto the shore. The fish are everywhere as trolleys are pushed in and out to help transfer fish.
When they are on land, the fish are classified by types and then put into big plastic baskets or skips for transfer onto loaded vans. By around 8 a.m. all the boats are in and their loads have been emptied, the only sight is the bustling vans carrying seafood to further areas
However, behind this excitement and exuberance is the knowledge that risks are taken every day on the ocean, made greater by the exhaustion of those fisher men.