From 4:00 am on January 18 (the 27^th day of the 12^th lunar month), the bustling atmosphere of trading activities was recorded at the Hoa Cuong wholesale market where a large number of vegetables and fruits were supplied for thousands of small traders across Quang Nam and Da Nang.

The Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market in Hai Chau District at 4:00 am.

When everyone was still asleep and the streets were quiet, dozens of people working at the wholesale market started their working day.

Trucks full of goods stopped in front of the market’s gates. Workers began unloading goods. The work was very urgent because Tet was coming very close.

The Hoa Cuong Wholesale market is also the place where many workers outside Da Nang come to make a living.

Mrs. Le Thi Mai, 45, hailing from Quang Ngai Province is a typical example. She said she worked as a puller of tricycle at the market with stable income of VND100,000 - VND200,000 per day.

She intended to work until the 28^th day of the 12^th lunar month, and then buy some gifts and return to her hometown to celebrate Tet with her family.

The Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market is one of the large-scale markets in the city. It is now home to more than 500 stalls selling agricultural products, fruits and seafood. Contrary to other markets that operate until noon, the wholesale market is only crowded with buyers and sellers before dawn.

The atmosphere of buying, selling and transporting goods is quite bustling

A large amount of goods is delivered to the market

Preparing goods early for customers

Vegetables and tubers make up a large number of goods at the market

Members of the market management board on duty early at the market

Transporting of goods in the market.

At dawn, small traders transport hundreds of tons of fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers from the Hoa Cuong Wholesale Market to wet markets.

Reporting by KIM LIEN, PHUONG MINH - Translating by M.DUNG