Every Saturday when the forest is still wrapped in dense mist, people from different ethnic minority groups gather in Y Ty market in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province to sell their products.


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Y Ty  is a market of four ethnic groups, Ha Nhi, Mong, Giay and Dao.
{keywords}A Ha Nhi woman buys incense at the year-end market.
{keywords}Y Ty market is also known for medicinal herbs.
{keywords}Ducks raised by the Ha Nhi are a specialty of Y Ty market.
{keywords}Farm products of Y Ty are sold in the market.
{keywords}A Mong girl chooses a colourful dress.
{keywords}Selling women’s jewelry in Y Ty market.
{keywords}Ha Nhi women test a kitchen utensil which is new and strange to them.
{keywords}Buying blanket.
{keywords}At a cloth stall in the market.
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