VietNamNet Bridge – Located next to a hanging bridge that crosses the Chay River, with its romantic landscape Coc Ly is not a normal market but a place for cultural and spiritual activities of local ethnic minority groups as well as a popular tourist attraction.

Like other kermises, Coc Ly market has both local products and those from the plains and China. The market has different areas for selling buffaloes, horses, fruits, house wares and food as well as modern products like photo and dental supplies and services.

In the next several years, Coc Ly market will be only a memory because the current Coc Ly will be inside the Coc Ly reservoir of the Coc Ly hydro-power plant.

VietNamNet’s photographer Le Anh Dung visited the last market-day before Tet of the Coc Ly kermis and capture in photos the finals breaths of this cultural and spiritual tradition:

On the way to Coc Ly fair

The hanging bridge next to Coc Ly market	Colourful cloths - H’Mong girls’ taste
	The area for buffaloes and horses
Photo service	Girls make up before taking photo
	Dental service
A mobile hairdresser’s	A pair of glasses priced at VND15,000

Buying farming tool for a new crop

Le Anh Dung