Lao PDR - Rural life - Market produce

'Nor Bong' bamboo shoot collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.

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'Nor Bong' bamboo shoot collected from the forest and sold at the roadside market in the Tai Dam village of Ban Na Mor, Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. In the past the bulk of products collected or caught from the wild were used for family consumption, but nowadays a substantial proportion of products are sold in the markets for cash. Ban Na Mor market is ideally situated on route 13 which goes to the border with China allowing them to take advantage of the many Chinese tour buses and businessmen passing through.