Meo Vac Market is yours to be discovered.
Every week, the market in Meo Vac commune takes place and it should be in your vacation plan.
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The Meo Vac cattle market, held every Sunday in Ha Giang province, is unique in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam. The market is not only where the
locals living in the karst plateau trade cattle, it is also a gathering place for the Mong and many other ethnic minorities living in the North of Vietnam.
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Terrain of rugger rock mountains high and sharp, the local people had spent 6 years to construct 20km of road and especially the workers had to hang themselves
to work on the rugger rock cliffs during 11 months and finally the road was completed and those workers named this thread road is The Road of Happiness
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Enjoy spectacular landscape and the nicest photos at the Heaven Gate. More than special, you can get a 3600 view of all over mountains and primitive jungles
and river bending along mountain sides to the red river delta. You can also visit the Palace of Cat King (the King of Hmong minority)
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After exploring the market, visit villages of minorities.
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Market goers must start early in the morning. Those selling cattle have to wake up the earliest, usually around midnight, to walk their cows to market.
Many walk dozens of miles, climb mountains and cross streams to get there, yet they never appear to be tired and are always smiling and cheerful.
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Visitors can see the traditional costumes of the local Mong people at the market; the men wear long black dresses while the women dress in their best,
most colorful costumes and their children run alongside them. You can run across them throughout the forests and mountains as they make their way to the market.
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For an ethnic family, a cow is truly a great asset. After selling a cow, the owner can often be seen checking his cash carefully and counting it with
pride, yet he is always ready to spend some hard earned money on a bowl of Thang co soup and a few cups of maize wine as a reward for raising such a good animal.
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