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Tam Tien fish market has been a familiar fixture for decades, supporting generations of local fishermen and their families. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Tam Tien fish market has been a familiar fixture for decades, supporting generations of local fishermen and their families. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fishermen in Tam Tien prepare their basket boats and fishing gear for an overnight trip in the waters off southern Da Nang. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fishermen in Tam Tien prepare their basket boats and fishing gear for an overnight trip in the waters off southern Da Nang. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
At around 4pm each day, fishing boats leave the shore one after another, heading out to sea for an overnight fishing trip that lasts until dawn. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
At around 4pm each day, fishing boats leave the shore one after another, heading out to sea for an overnight fishing trip that lasts until dawn. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fish and other seafood are sorted right on the beach before being loaded onto vehicles and transported to markets and other points of sale in the area. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fish and other seafood are sorted right on the beach before being loaded onto vehicles and transported to markets and other points of sale in the area. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fresh catches from a night at sea are brought straight from the boats to shore. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fresh catches from a night at sea are brought straight from the boats to shore. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fishermen sell their freshly caught seafood after a night at sea. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fishermen sell their freshly caught seafood after a night at sea. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
As the fish market winds down, the boats rest quietly along the shore and the fishing village settles back into its everyday rhythm. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
As the fish market winds down, the boats rest quietly along the shore and the fishing village settles back into its everyday rhythm. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fishing nets are hauled ashore and spread out to dry on the sand after a night at sea. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
Fishing nets are hauled ashore and spread out to dry on the sand after a night at sea. (Photo: Xuan Quy/VNA)
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Peaceful rhythms at Tam Tien fish market

From fishing trips that set out the previous afternoon to market sessions that begin before dawn, Tam Tien fish market in Tam Xuan, Da Nang, has for decades maintained the distinctive rhythm of life and work in this coastal fishing community.

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