Looking for luck at unique market

From the 7th day of the first lunar month, which falls on Feb. 11 this year, people flocked to Nam Dinh province for a unique market festival to sell bad luck and to buy good luck for the year ahead.

The Vieng market festival opens at midnight of the 7th day and lasts only through the morning of the 8th day of the first lunar month (Photo: VNA)

According to popular belief, anything bought at the market festival would bring good luck to the buyer in the whole year (Photo: VNA)

On display at the spring market are handicraft products, genuine antiquities along with their fake, home utensils, tools for agricultural production, and many kinds of ornamental plants (Photo: VNA)

Veal is among hot-selling items as people believe that its red colour is a lucky colour (Photo: VNA)

There are four Vieng markets in Nam Dinh province, with one in Nam Giang township, Nam Truc district, and the other in Trung Thanh commune, Vu Ban district, being the most popular (Photo: VNA)

The Vieng market festival opens at midnight of the 7th day and lasts only through the morning of the 8th day of the first lunar month (Photo: VNA)

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