Chau Doc is famous nationwide for a variety of fish sauces produced from different kinds of fish on the Tien and Hau rivers and a wide range of dried fish. Fish sauces are named after the local names of the fish to make it easier for shoppers to choose.

It’s easy to find the fish sauce area by its typically strong flavor in Chau Doc market.  There are hundreds of fish sauce brands of tens of fish sauce producers. A lot of people prefer 55555 fish sauce of Mrs. Khoe and Hai Xuyen fish sauce in Phuoc Loc district. Nguyen Thi Anh Mai, owner of a shop in Chau Doc market, said. "Chau Doc’s specialty is sauces of freshwater fish and dried fish. Visitors to Chau Doc always head to the market to buy fish sauce. In the beginning of the year, a lot of pilgrims from other places to An Giang province also come here to buy fish sauce."

Local fish sauce makers say any kind of fish can be used to sauce. The most preferable kinds of fish are snakeheads, minnows, and gouramis. Fish supply is available all the year but the peak is the flood season from July to November.  Nguyen Hoang Phong, owner of “Teacher Man-Ms. Hue” fish sauce shop, said his family has a family secret recipe to produce fish sauce from fresh fish without cooking the fish. Phong said: "We have raw Thai fish sauce made from snakehead and goby fish.  Minnow and gourami fish sauce are used in fish hotpot or braised fish. We buy fish from Long Binh and An Khanh during the flood season. We process fish and put them in salt in 2 weeks. Then we clean the fish and put them in powdered grilled rice in 3 about months when the sauce is ready to use."

Chau Doc authority has effectively supported fish sauce makers to expand their production and trading. They have established cooperative trademarks to learn scientific knowledge and techniques and upgrade equipment to produce higher quality products in shorter time, save cost, and ensure quality standard.

Visitors to Chau Doc, especially pilgrims to Via Ba festival in the beginning of the year, always buy fish sauce to bring home as gifts for their relatives and friends. The fame of Chau Doc fish sauce has been spreading nationwide and abroad. A tourist shopping at Chau Doc market says: "Chau Doc fish sauce is special and I buy for my relatives and friends. I have been to many places and I think Chau Doc market is the biggest place selling fish sauce. They look and sell good."

Besides economic value, Chau Doc fish sauce has enriched VN’s culinary culture.