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The day before T?t (Lunar New Year) is always a special day for marketplace. It’s the time for big sale-off. In my hometown Dalat, the busiest is the second-hand clothing market. The vendors open their shops on the streets and sidewalks, selling varieties of used but still in good condition clothes, or brand-new but defective clothing products with dirt-cheap prices. It’s the time for local people to go shopping for T?t celebration. The best-sellers are traditional T?t decorations with printed wishes, red packets for lucky money to give to children, and ceramic piggy banks. The reportage is finished in Feb 13, 2010.

Waiting at a stop light in St Louis, in front of the Dirt Cheap ciggarette outlet. Light pole blocked out the "C", thought it worthwhile to snap one.