Go to the border market to "hunt" for specialty products

(Baonghean.vn) - Ky Son land and sky are immersed in a misty fog, the cold seems to penetrate the skin. That is also the time when people prepare for the border markets at the end of the year.

The distance from Muong Xen Town (Ky Son) to Dinh Dam border market (Noong Het district, Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR) is about 20km. This is a market full of Vietnam - Laos friendship, a place for people of the two countries to exchange economic, cultural and social activities. The road is winding, the mountains and forests are still sleeping, the flow of vehicles is still orderly, few people seem to be in a hurry.

On the day of the border market, many Ky Son residents and tourists from near and far passed through Nam Can International Border Gate to go to the market.

Going down Tien Tieu slope, the sky had just brightened, at this time we could feel the bustling, crowded atmosphere of the Ky Son people on the happy market day. Only a few hundred meters away, passing through the border gate, on the other side of Nam Can bridge was the neighboring country, Dinh Dam border market was also located right at this location.

The border market meets three times a month, so it is always bustling with people and vehicles.

The border market is held three times a month (on the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month) instead of two times (on the 15th and 30th of each month) as before. This clearly shows the growing need for trading goods and exchanging feelings between the two sides.

The border market is famous for its highland specialties, so the food stalls are always crowded with customers.

Grilled black chicken and black pork with sticky rice are always popular with diners.

Vietnamese people who go to the border market cannot miss the dishes with rich flavors of the mountains and forests.

The attraction of the border market is first of all the specialty dishes. The area for food stalls is always crowded and bustling, with blue smoke coming from giant stoves, and the fragrant smell of grilled meat lingering in the mist. The specialties of the highland people such as black chicken, grilled black pig served with fragrant sticky rice are really attractive, few people can refuse.

The item that many people look for when going to the border market is black chicken, this item sells out as soon as it is available.

The meat stall is always bustling with buyers and sellers.

In transactions, payment can be made in both Lao and Vietnamese currency. Lao people often choose to buy warm clothes, sea fish and processed foods. Vietnamese people cannot ignore specialties such as Lao sticky rice, black chicken, black pig and Mong cabbage. It seems that everyone who goes to the market tries to bring one of these things home.

Bouquets of Chinese cabbage are also sought after by many people.

Lao sticky rice, a type of sticky, fragrant and firm rice, is chosen by many Vietnamese people to buy to make sticky rice and cakes during holidays and Tet.

Cong Kien - Ho Phuong