Dan Sinh Market, or Yersin Market, was named after the French biologist and adventurer Alexandre Yersin. Specializing in a wide range of war surplus and camping items, this market houses a lot of stalls offering industrial-sized electrical appliances as well as imported machinery.
Every year on May 5th of the lunar calendar, some countries China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam have Mid-year Festival. In China, on this day, they celebrate a festival called Dragon Bloat Festival. In Vietnam, the festival celebrated on May 5th is called Tet Doan Ngo, Worm-killing Festival of Vietnamese.