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Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market, Ha Giang Travel Guide
Country: Vietnam
Province: Ha Giang
District: Hoang Su Phi

Tinh Ha Giang Holiday Weather today


Date/time of update: November 21, 2024, 1:19 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Broken Clouds

Temperature: 18.02°C
Temperature feels like: 18.25°C
Minimum Temperature: 18.02°C
Maximum Temperature: 18.02°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1021hPa
Humidity:91%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 0.43m/sec
Wind Direction: 36 degrees
Cloudiness: 80%
Sunrise: 2024-11-20 11:17:11
Sunset: 2024-11-21 10:14:55

The ethnic market at the Vinh Quang Township in Hoang Su Phi District of Ha Giang Province takes place once a week on every Sunday morning. The market is a major gathering of ethnic groups in the region for bartering and socializing.

The market is busy from 05:00 A.M through 10:00 A.M. In late morning people start leaving the market for home. In the past, people would mostly travel to the market on foot or on horse back. Nowadays, people ride motorbikes.

Vinh Quang Township at the base of the Tay Con Linh Mountain Range to the west of Ha Giang Province
Vinh Quang Township at the base of the Tay Con Linh Mountain Range to the west of Ha Giang Province

The goods for sales at the market include mostly agricultural produce and local handicrafts: fruits, tubers, rice spirit, herbal medicine, knifes, silverware,...

The Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market is right in the center of the Vinh Quang Township
The Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market is right in the center of the Vinh Quang Township

 

A corner of the township is jammed up by different ethnic groups in the region
A corner of the township is jammed up by different ethnic groups in the region

 

Long Tunic Dao ladies
Long Tunic Dao ladies
Hmong women at the Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market
Hmong women at the Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market

 

Nung women at the market
Nung women at the market

 

Tay ladies at Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market
Tay ladies at Hoang Su Phi Sunday Market

How to get there

The Vinh Quang Township is the capital of Hoang Su Phi District which is 300km from Hanoi via Route 2. At Tan Quang Township of Ha Giang Province, you'll turn into a small road, provincial route 177, which keeps going up into the mountains.

Hoang Su Phi is 100km from Ha Giang provincial capital via Route 2 to Tan Quang Township and Route 177.



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