This Sunday market is Bac Ha’s big draw. Bac Ha market is a magnet for the local hill tribe people, above all the exotically attired Flower Hmong. They gather at the market to trade goods and handmade products. There are a lot of handicrafts for sale, but
it is still pretty much a local affair. The market begins at sunrise and winds down by 2 pm.
Muong Hum is located about 3 hours drive from Lao Cai station. It is the most typical and colorful market in the area offering you the opportunity to meet a large variety of ethnic minorities such as Ha Nhi, Phu La, Tu Di, Black Dao, Giay, Red Hmong and Black Hmong. Another highlight of this trip is a visit of Muong Vi caves having beautiful stalagmite and stalactite.
Located in the northern mountain area near the border with China, Can Cau is known as a colorful market of ethnic minority people such as Hmong, Dzao, Phu La. Every local people is eager to go to market which gathers on every Saturday, to exchange and trade goods, cattle......
Coc Ly is located in Coc Ly commune, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province. To come to Coc Ly market, travellers have to take a boat on Chay river about 10km from Bao Nhai. Coc Ly is a market of the ethnic minority people who live in the north west of Bac Ha. This market gathers every tuesday weekly by the suspension bridge hanging over the Chay river.
Coc ly market is a place where the ethnic minority people like Hmong, Dzao, Tay, Nung come here to trade goods, the local specialities, livestock in the exciting asmosphere with the green color of nature.....