Bamboo shoot worms and forest mice 'retail' in Nghe An highlands are popular in the cold
(Baonghean.vn) - On this cold and foggy day, along the roads in the remote district of Ky Son (Nghe An), ethnic people sell all kinds of vegetables, tubers and even wild rats. All kinds are in high demand.
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| On the main road from Muong Xen town to the communes of Pha Danh, Huoi Tu, Muong Long... there are many places selling products of ethnic minorities that they produce on their fields. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Most visitors here stop to buy local products; vegetables and fruits grown on the fields, clean, and at "reasonable" prices. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Mong people's mustard greens grown on their fields, priced at 10,000 VND/bunch. Photo: Quang An |
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| Pineapples grown by the highlanders are sold for 5,000 VND/fruit; banana flowers collected from the forest are sold for 5,000 to 10,000 VND/head. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Mice are trapped in the forest and sold for 10,000 - 15,000 VND/kg. Photo: Quang An |
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| Ginger 20,000 VND/kg; mac khen fruit is sold for 10,000 VND/bunch. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| In particular, bamboo worms are collected from bamboo shoots and sold for a very good price, about 250,000 - 300,000 VND/kg. This specialty is quite rare, nutritious, and very popular with customers. To keep them alive for a long time, people put the worms in fresh bamboo tubes to sell to customers. Photo: Quang An |
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| Green tea is grown in the village and pennywort is picked from the fields and sold by locals for 10,000 VND/bunch. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| On cold winter days, despite sitting in makeshift tents on both sides of the road, with the wind blowing cold, people still persevere to sell all day. Passersby therefore have a place to buy clean products to enjoy. People said that they sell a lot of goods every day. Photo: Quang An |
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| All vegetables, tubers, fruits... are grown by local people on the fields, or taken from the forest, covered by clouds all year round, so they are clean and very fresh products. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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