Bac Ha market is the largest and most colourful market in the area. Every Sunday morning, many different ethnic groups such as Flower H’mong, Phu La, Black Dao, Tay and Nung minorities gather to buy and sell local products that cannot be found elsewhere.
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Located about 76 km from the train station, Bac Ha is a remote district of Lao Cai province. Bac Ha market which takes place every Sunday is famous for the originality and authenticity that the traders still preserve. One can reach Bac Ha market by booking a van or tour from Sapa, which is about 3 hours away.
It is not simply a place for buy and sell but also an opportunity for people from different ethnicities to come and meet, for relatives to reunite after a long time missing, for women to demonstrate their beautiful handmade traditional costumes and even for youngsters to find their dates. To reach the market, many ethnic vendors have to walk a long distance passing mountains and hills. Yet the distance has never discouraged them from joining the Sunday colorful market.
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Apart from the noise of people trading, sometimes you will hear the sound of pan-pipe which is a very famous instrument in the North of Vietnam. The pan-pipe sound mixing with young boys’ singing voice which is up and down like flirting young girls.
Many foreigners coming there are very interested in discovering Vietnam life and custom and tradition of ethnic people.
People in Bac Ha market, Vietnam do everything with enthusiasm, even when they work or entertain. Their life just keep going, they come home, go to work really hard on the fields in the mountains, then when the next week comes, they meet and talk with each other at Bac Ha market.