Bac Ha Sunday Fair in Lao Cai is the largest and most colourful highland market in Viet Nam. Every Sunday, the market is crowded with minority people from villages far and near. The Flower Hmong, Tay, Nung, Dao, and other ethnic groups come wearing their colourful traditional costumes. They come on foot or on horseback, bringing with them anything they can exchange. These goods may be vegetables and fruits they grow in their gardens or medicinal plants they gather from the forests and mountains. They also sell other items like the clothing they weave or silver jewellery they make. The market has a large place to sell poultry and animals like chickens, ducks, dogs, buffaloes, and horses.

Bac Ha Sunday Fair is also a place for people to meet and chat. After they finish their market activities, they gather around a big hot pan of thang co, a famous traditional Hmong food from horse meat. Young people come there with the hope of finding a lover.
 

a. Fill in each blank with a word from the passage. (Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống một từ trong đoạn văn.)

1. Bac Ha Sunday Fair is the largest _____ market.

2. Some people go to the market on _____.

3. An example of a minority group at the market is the _____.

4. They sell medicinal _____ they gather from the mountains.

5. Thang co is a famous Hmong _____.

6. Young people go to the mar

b. Write short answers to the following questions (Viết câu trả lời ngắn cho các câu hỏi sau)

1. How often does the market open?

2. What clothes do minority people wear to Bac Ha Sunday Fair?

3. Can you buy a dog from Bac Ha Sunday Fair?

4. When do the market goers sit down for thang co?

ket to look for a _____.