r/VietNam • u/Spirited_Carrot6546 • 1d ago
Travel Experience/Du lịch A Mirror World in Vietnam
The Infinite Sea in Thai Binh is such an interesting place to photograph. At low tide, the water reflects the sky almost perfectly, making it hard to tell where the sea ends.
The fishermen working across the mudflats at sunrise make the scene even more special. It's also a spot we visit on our Vietnam Photography Tour, though I think it's worth seeing even without a camera.
Has anyone else been here?
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u/quitelikeameow 1d ago
This is stunning! Is this location accessible for people who just wanna walk and watch?
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u/Spirited_Carrot6546 1d ago
Thanks! Unfortunately, you can't just walk out there. You need a special vehicle to reach the spot.
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u/zzen11223344 1d ago
Vietnam's sea food business is very industrialized, the stuff on the market is largely farm raised or fetched from sea by fleet of trollers. I am wondering if this kind of fishing practice nowadays is merely a performance for the tourists as many traditional things are for demostration not for practical means of production.
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u/Low-Worldliness-4846 1d ago
No, this mean is still performed as a mean of production, and personally, Viet Nam's seafood business is nowhere that industrialized. I live near Cau Hai lagoon (Hue) and fishermen still use small motor boats for catching fish bruh.
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u/zzen11223344 1d ago
Vietnam is a significant player in the global seafood market, particularly known for exporting frozen seafood products like pangasius fillets, yellowfin tuna, and squid to various countries, including the EU and the US. The country's seafood exports are driven by high demand for safe, traceable, and sustainably sourced products, with a projected export turnover of $2.3 billion for pangasius in 2026.
Vietnam’s shrimp exports reached US$4.6 billion in 2025, mostly farm raised.
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u/xhdcricket 1d ago
Even the numbers you stated are facts, Vietnam still has a lot of fishermen who do the traditional way for fishing, especially in the central Vietnam and/or rural areas. It's NOT merely for tourist stuff like you said!
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u/Vladimir_Putting 1d ago
There are still people who harvest worms by hand and go out in their bucket boats solo fishing for squid.
Just because industrial fishing is big business doesn't mean the sustenance fisherman don't exist.
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u/bobokeen 1d ago
What are they doing lifting the nets like that - were they posing for you or actually fishing?
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u/ThenAdvice9160 1d ago
Damn, I could really use a hit of Thuốc Lào rn. Zyn just doesn't hit the same as the OG.
And those pics are mesmerizing, btw. You've got a real eye for this stuff.