Vietnam: Flower Hmong textiles in the Bac Ha Sunday Market, Lao Cai Province. The hills around Bac Ha are home to ten separate minorities, including Dao, Giay, Nung and Tai, but the most distinctive and colourful are the Flower (Flowery) Hmong. From before dawn they converge on Bac Ha’s dusty town centre and, especially, the concrete market. Goods sold and exchanged include fruit and vegetables of every description, fresh meat and wild orchids. The Hmong are an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao.

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