Look at Bach Dang before you build an evening around it. The market people mean by “chợ đêm Phú Quốc” is the Bach Dang pedestrian street in Duong Dong, also called the Duong Dong night market and often the Dinh Cau night market. Its lease is over, and the stall row on the rented land was being taken down in April 2026.
Vietnamese news through 23 October 2026 did not include a later notice that names a new site or a reopening date. Dinh Cau temple, on the rocks at the river mouth, is a different place and was not part of the lease.
What was reported
In September 2015 the Phu Quoc economic department, now the Economic, Infrastructure and Urban Division of the Phu Quoc special zone in An Giang, leased land to Ngoi Sao Bien Tourism JSC (Sea Star) for the Bach Dang pedestrian street and night market. The term was 10 years and ended on 31 December 2025. Phu Nu, Dan Tri, Thanh Nien and Tuoi Tre all report that contract.
The dates after that do not line up neatly, so here they are as each paper printed them.
- Thanh Nien and the special zone’s own account of the 1 April 2026 meeting say traders were allowed to keep selling through 28 February 2026, after Tet, so they could clear stock.
- Tuoi Tre News, the same day as that meeting, said the final handover was scheduled for 31 March 2026.
- On 1 March, Phu Nu reported that Sea Star had cut power and water to phase 1. Nguyen Duy Chinh, the company’s chief executive, said phase 1 had stopped. Some vendors kept trading on generators. The fire service had already told the operator to cut power before any dismantling, and the power company had reported illegal connections. Dan Tri reported that on 12 March.
- On the morning of 1 April, chairman Tran Minh Khoa met vendors. He said there was no plan to scrap the night market, that it stays in the island’s night-time economy, and that the administration was surveying a new site. Vendors asked to remain on Bach Dang, or to trade until the end of 2026, or to move if the name could be kept. Sea Star was told to hand the premises back. No street was named.
- On 26 April, Phu Nu reported that Sea Star was dismantling the prefabricated stall frames on the state-leased land, with local officials watching, and that traders had moved their goods out. The company said the handover was late because some traders had been slow to give the stalls back, and that it would finish the return to the economic division.
That 26 April report is the latest on-the-ground account I can find. It describes dismantling in progress. It does not say every food shop on the surrounding streets had closed, and it does not say the work was finished. Treat anything more certain than that as a guess.
Where Bach Dang is
The leased market in the 2026 reports is Bach Dang, beside the Duong Dong river and a short walk from Dinh Cau. Older pages on this site also put stalls on Vo Thi Sau, which is the road out to the shrine. A 2016 move shifted the older Dinh Cau market onto the Bach Dang site run by Sea Star. Walk both streets if you are already in town. Do not assume a row of tanks is still there because a 2023 video, or this site’s older food pages, shows one.
While the stalls were trading, VnExpress described a busy period after about 18:30, and the market ran from evening into the night. Those are not current opening hours. I am not publishing a time for a stall row that was being taken apart.
What to do instead
If you want a market evening that does not depend on Bach Dang, use places that already have their own pages here.
- Chợ Đêm Vui-Fest at Sunset Town is the southern bazaar, a walk from the Kiss Bridge. This site’s page lists it as free to enter and best from sunset. A 10 February 2026 Da Nang paper feature named it as one of the markets being promoted once the Duong Dong extension ended.
- Phu Quoc Marina food market is the waterfront stall row south of Duong Dong. The same page lists it as free to enter and best from sunset.
- The Tran Hung Dao food stalls are a smaller eating strip in Duong Dong. The page says they get busy from about 19:00 and that you should agree a seafood price before it is cooked. That record is older Google-places copy, not a check I made in October 2026.
- The same February feature put a Bai Truong / Sonasea night market on the pedestrian street at about 16:00–23:00, with the busy hour from 19:00, and more than 100 stalls. I have not found a later official timetable, so use that as a February 2026 description, then look at the street.
- Grand World in the north is the other evening the feature pointed at. Entry to the complex is the free visit already described on the north-island page. It is a long ride from Duong Dong.
Dinh Cau temple is still a short, free stop at the end of the day. The market lease does not close the shrine.
For a seafood dinner that does not depend on this market, the food guide still has Ham Ninh crab and the fish-sauce factories. If you are staying in town for the restaurants and the walkable streets, the hotels near Duong Dong guide is the accommodation piece. The night-market pitch on that page is out of date. The town base is not.
Prices, when the stalls were open
Do not use a 2024 or 2025 price list as tonight’s menu. While Bach Dang was trading, seafood was sold by weight. The stall could mean per 100 grams or per kilo, and the plate was cooked only after you agreed. That habit has not changed at the other markets. Ask, watch the scale, and repeat the total before anything goes on the grill.
Over Tet 2026 the pricing row was not a night-market stall. Tuoi Tre reported a complaint about six tiger prawns at 300,000 ₫ at Com Nieu 66, a restaurant, and the special zone inspected it. In the same report a resident said she had paid 800,000 ₫ a kilo for live tiger prawns at Duong Dong Market just before Tet, against about 280,000 ₫ on an ordinary day, and other comments put the holiday market price at 500,000–600,000 ₫ a kilo. Phu Quoc launched a tourism rapid-response team on the evening of 26 February 2026. None of those figures is an October price.
The oyster, squid and lobster numbers on the food guide are what those stalls charged while the market was trading. They are not a quote for a market that was being dismantled.
If you are building a day around it
Best things to do still sends people toward Duong Dong in the evening. Swap that slot for Sunset Town, the marina, or a booked restaurant if Bach Dang is dark when you get there. The getting around guide covers the scooter and Grab gap between town and the south. Sunset Town is not a walk from Duong Dong.
FAQ
Is the Phu Quoc night market still open?
The Bach Dang lease ended on 31 December 2025. Traders were allowed to continue into early 2026, and on 26 April 2026 Sea Star was dismantling the phase-1 stalls on the leased land. On 1 April the chairman said the night market would not be scrapped and that a new site was being studied. No new address had been published at the 23 October 2026 check. Look at Bach Dang before you plan dinner there.
Where was the Bach Dang night market?
On Bach Dang street in Duong Dong, beside the river and a short walk from Dinh Cau. Older guides also mention stalls on Vo Thi Sau. Walk both if you are in town.
What time did it get busy?
While it was trading, VnExpress described visitors arriving after about 18:30, and the market ran from evening until late. That is not a current opening time.
Where else can I go at night?
Vui-Fest at Sunset Town, the marina food market, the Tran Hung Dao stalls, and Grand World in the north. Sunset Town and the marina pages on this site list those two as free to enter.
How do I avoid a surprise seafood bill?
Ask whether the price is per 100 grams or per kilo, watch the scale, and agree the total before it is cooked. In February 2026 Tuoi Tre quoted a Duong Dong Market price of about 800,000 ₫ a kilo for live tiger prawns just before Tet, against about 280,000 ₫ on an ordinary day.
Is Sunset Town’s night market free?
This site’s Vui-Fest page lists the Sunset Town bazaar as free to enter, with the useful time from sunset. I have not re-checked a ticket desk.
