Nam Dinh Vieng Market is the common name of two markets: Vieng Vu Ban market (or Vieng Phu market because it is near Day cover, Trung Thanh commune, Vu Ban district) and Vieng Nam Truc market (or Vieng Chua market because it is close to Dai Bi pagoda) , Nam Giang town, Nam Truc district). Therefore, there is a legend that “Vieng market 2 markets, 1 session” to refer to these 2 markets with the same name Vieng and meeting at the same session, trading the same goods, in which Vieng Vu Ban market is somewhat attractive to tourists. because it is close to the Phu Day relic.

– When is the Nam Dinh Vieng Market meeting: from the night of the 7th to the end of the 8th day of January every year. At this time, locals and tourists from all over the world eagerly invited each other to attend the Vieng Nam Dinh market. Because this is a good luck market, it only meets once a year, and is handed down from generation to generation as a traditional culture of the people around the region.

Opening the Vieng Nam Dinh fair, the flow of visitors from all over the world, the largest number is still from the inner province, after coming to the provinces of Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh… flocking to Nuoc Nop. Visitors from all over the world come to attend the festival mainly because they hear about the reputation of the market, and people with roots in the province go to work far away.

– People who come to the market mostly carry the concept of “buying and selling luck” for the new year to be peaceful and lucky. And according to the custom, anyone who comes to the market does not place much emphasis on profit, sellers do not challenge too much, and buyers do not haggle too much because of the notion that “concerns” about the price will reduce the profit. early spring.

Nam Dinh Vieng Market is still known as a typical market of agricultural people in the Red River Delta, where it does not sell and buy expensive products but mainly crops, agricultural tools, Antiques from Vieng Market and antique imitations… of different types, quality and prices.

– One can find in the market a lot of farm implements such as a pair of light poles, a basket, a basket, a basket, a basket of fish or a pole, a sickle, a shovel… and other items. necessities such as clothes, shoes, books, children’s toys… or sacrifices, elaborately crafted bronze incense burners…

– What else does Cho Vieng sell, it’s a variety of ornamental plants, from small beautiful azaleas of all colors pink, purple, white… to currants that are bent, created in small pots only lying in the palm of your hand; or from fruit trees such as sapodilla, jackfruit, etc., to the birth trees, the multi-potent sycamore tree winding over one’s head…

– In addition, Nam Dinh Vieng market is also famous for its kind of food. Very popular, it’s veal that is yellowed and nursed whole, sold a lot along the roads leading to the market. Buyers like any part of meat, how many can choose, the price is also affordable.

Around the market is also a place of spirituality and worship. Vieng Nam Truc market has Dai Bi pagoda worshiping Zen master Tu Dao Hanh. Vieng Vu Ban Market has a complex of Phu Day relic worshiping Saint Mother Lieu Hanh. So whether locals or visitors from all over the world come here not only to attend the fair but also to go to pagodas and temple ceremonies to pray for good fortune at the beginning of the year.

“Giang Gia has a market playing sometimes Vieng” is still handed down from generation to generation as a traditional culture, a unique folk festival in Nam Dinh.