Visitors buy luck at Vieng Market in Nam Dinh province

A large crowd of locals and tourists flocked to Vieng market in Trung Thanh and Kim Thai commune, Vu Ban district, in the northern province of Nam Dinh on February 23.

The market opens at the midnight of the 7th day of the first lunar month and lasts only through the morning of the next day every year. Everyone go there to buy goods to pray for fortune and happiness (Photo VNA)

Visitors are interested in bonsai trees (Photo VNA)

The market offers a wide range of products such as farming equipment, subtle craft articles, utensils, bronze and iron-made tools, and handicraft products (Photo VNA)

A wide range of products such as farming equipment, subtle craft articles, utensils, bronze and iron-made tools, and handicraft products are offered at the market. (Photo VNA)

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Oil lamps are on sale (Photo VNA)

Handicraft baskets are offered to customers (Photo VNA)

​Handicraft baskets are offered to customers (Photo VNA)

One of the least expensive things at Vieng market would be flowers and bonsai trees, which are believed to bring both the buyers and seller happiness and luck (Photo VNA)

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