Sin Ho market

It would be a pity if you come to North West Vietnam but not stop off at the Sin Ho market in Lai Chau province because this is not only the most colorful market on traditional clothes of North West inhabitants but also the wildest ones.


On Saturday afternoon, you can see conveys of horses and people walking from gathering here with many kinds of farm products as they come from distant communities so they have to ride on horse all day to the market. This remote town suddenly turns noisy with laughter and the stampede of footsteps. The market located at the centre of town, surrounded by verdant mountain ranges and clouds. The local people here still use coins of up to hundred years in circulation to purchase or exchange goods as they often play an important role in their daily life like wedding and other festivities. When entering that multicolor world, you will treasure and value of all hardness to come here.