For nearly a hundred years, the Khau Vai love market in Vietnam's northern Ha Giang province, 500 km north of Hanoi has been known as a lovers' rendezvous.

Local residents annually gather there from March 26 to March 27 of the lunar calendar to seek lovers. Married men and women wait for the return of their former lovers with whom they can meet again without jealousy from their spouses during this one day out of the year. Single young men and women also seek lovers at the market.

Ethnic H'Mong wait for their lovers at the Khau Vai 'love market' May 10, 2010

Ethnic H'Mong women wait for their lovers at the Khau Vai 'love market'

An ethnic H'Mong man lies on ground drunk at the Khau Vai 'love market'

Ethnic H'Mong wait for their lovers at the Khau Vai 'love market'