Market in the mist

Every Saturday when the forest is still wrapped in dense mist, people from different ethnic minority groups gather in Y Ty market in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province to sell their products.

Y Ty  is a market of four ethnic groups, Ha Nhi, Mong, Giay and Dao. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

A Ha Nhi woman buys incense at the year-end market.(Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

Y Ty market is also known for medicinal herbs.(Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA) 

Ducks raised by the Ha Nhi are a specialty of Y Ty market. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

Farm products of Y Ty are sold in the market. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

A Mong girl chooses a colourful dress.(Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

Selling women’s jewelry in Y Ty market. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

Ha Nhi women test a kitchen utensil which is new and strange to them. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

Buying blanket. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

At a cloth stall in the market.(Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

A Mong girl buys colourful bands. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)

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