Brisk trade at Tet market for Vietnamese in Lao capital city
VOV.VN - Shops on many streets in Vientiane, Laos have been a bustle of trade in recent days, selling a wide range of goods to serve Vietnamese people as they prepare for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
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Traders say they have a wider range of goods on offer for this year’s Tet than in previous years but their prices remain unchanged. |
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The dong leaf market on Khuvieng Road. |
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In addition to the goods made by overseas Vietnamese such as Chung cakes, pork pies, and pickled welsh onion, most other products are imported from Vietnam. |
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A shop sells Chung cakes. |
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A shop offering Chung cakes, jams, and votive paper on Dongpalan. |
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Votive offerings for the Kitchen God Day (on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year). |
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Traditional goods for Tet such as Chung cakes, pickled vegetable, and jams are on sale. |
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Typical customers are OVs, Vietnamese officials, businesspeople working in Laos, and Lao people who favour Vietnamese dishes. |
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Goods are offered for sale on the street near a Buddhist pagoda. |
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The Tet market has everything customers need to prepare for Tet, |
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ranging from incense, |
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and offerings |
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to pickled welsh onions and Chung cakes |
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as well as Tet decorations. |
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