Coc Ly Market is the colorful market in a mountainous area where the Flower H’mong mainly gathers to exchange their homemade products.

Coc Ly Market is a colourful Tuesday market in a mountainous area where ethnic people gather to buy and sell goods, dine and drink.

Coc ly market rice'sellers.

Coc Ly Market is a colorful Tuesday market in a mountainous area.

Travel to Coc Ly Market, You will see ethnic people such as Flower H'mong, Phu La and Dao Tuyen in colorful costumes.

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Sapa, Vietnam

Coc Ly Market Sapa overview

Coc Ly Market Sapa is located in the Bac Ha District of Lao Cai Province, as part of the Coc Ly Community. When tourists visit Coc Ly Market, they will be able to learn about the daily lives of the people who live in Vietnam’s northwestern region, as well as sample the ethnic groups’ specialties.

To get to Coc Ly Market, tourists should first take a boat ride for about 10 kilometers along the Chay River; this boat ride is both fun and interesting. Every Tuesday, ethnic groups from the northwest of Bac Ha District organize Coc Ly Market.

There are many ethnic groups that participate in Coc Ly Tuesday Market, including H’Mong, Dao, Tay, and Nung people, and each of these groups wears different clothes to clearly show their own customs and culture, making Coc Ly market very colorful and beautiful. Locals walk to the market from their homes to trade and exchange goods such as cattle, farm produce, food, and clothing.

Coc Ly Market is divided into separate areas based on the various local products such as vegetables, fruits, rice, jewels, and clothes….all of these products are displayed on the nylons on the ground. However, the area of the cattle and fowls such as buffalo, ox, pig, chicken, dog, horse, and cat…

Apart from the fact that the local food area is also very eventful, any tourist should stop here to try the locals’ traditional food, which is quite cheap, unique, and unusual. The most interesting activity in Coc Ly Market is the service to take photographs with locals in order to preserve your memories with the locals.

How to travel to Coc Ly Market?

Coc Ly Market is not far from Sapa town, the most famous destination in northern Vietnam, the Lao Cai province center, and the Lao Cai Railway Station. Coc Ly Market Sapa is easily accessible from these three points. It takes about an hour to drive from Sapa town to this ethnic market and about an hour to drive from Lao Cai Railway Station, where you will stop by a night train from Hanoi, so you should not miss out on exploring this unique ethnic market during your visit to Sapa, Vietnam.

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