{"id":15671,"date":"2022-04-12T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T04:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnam-destinations.com\/en\/destination\/cho-dong-van\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T04:39:28","slug":"cho-dong-van","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/vietnam-destinations.com\/en\/destination\/cho-dong-van\/","title":{"rendered":"Dong Van Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dong Van market meets only once a week on Sunday morning. <\/font>On the day of the market, the quiet old town becomes bustling and bustling like a festival with colorful costumes of the Dao, Mong, Tay, Nung, Giay, and Lo Lo people.<\/font><\/font><\/h2>\n
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Dong Van market is located in Dong Van old town complex, meeting once a week on Sunday morning. <\/font>On the day of the fair, people of the Mong, Tay, and Bo Y ethnic groups go to the market early, bringing local products to exchange and buy and sell with many unique features.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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The goods are sometimes just a few bundles of homegrown vegetables, fruits, potatoes, peppers, bamboo shoots<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

These days, the quiet and small old town becomes bustling and joyful like a festival with colorful costumes of the Dao, Mong, Tay, Nung, Giay, Lo Lo…, pouring in from all directions. the mountain to the market. <\/font>Some people have to go from 3 am, cross the mountains to get down in time for the market.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Dong Van fair introduces products of highland people<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The unique feature of Dong Van market is in the items that the people bring to the market, mainly agricultural products and regional products made by them. <\/font>Those are the baskets of vegetables, firewood, and some bamboo shoots; <\/font>someone leads a pig by hand; <\/font>Some people bring dogs and cats to sell…<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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A pound of chili costs 300,000 VND<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Ms. Thao Nu Nhinh (Hong ethnic group) said that her family grows 700 chili plants. <\/font>Because small chili peppers are difficult to pick, every day, each person in the family can only pick 1 kg and then take turns to bring it to the market in Dong Van and Meo Vac to sell.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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A mother buys a new shirt for her child. <\/font>Each shirt costs 100,000 VND<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Usually, people go to Dong Van fair with the whole family. <\/font>Mothers and wives go to the market to shop for their families and children; <\/font>husbands go to the market to exchange, drink wine, eat Thang Co, play the trumpet; <\/font>children follow their parents to the market; <\/font>Young men and women go to the market to exchange and find a mate.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Highland cuisine<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Especially on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of the lunar month every month, at this market and the old town, there are lively cultural activities with specific characteristics of the land and the highland people such as bird fighting competition, weaving demonstration, etc. Traditional brocade of ethnic groups in the region\u2026<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Foreign tourists enjoy exploring Dong Van fair<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Let’s see more exciting pictures of Dong Van market:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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