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Fansipan peak    The terraced fields  minorities: Mong, Thai, Tay, Nung…
  Bac Ha market                       Lying in the Northwest, the town
                                      of Sapa town (Lao Cai Province) is
                                      about 1.600m high above sea level,
                                      38km from Lao Cai City and 376km
                                      from the capital Hanoi. Sapa has
                                      natural and poetic beauty with
                                      the terraced fields curving around
                                      mountain slopes, May Bridge, Bac
                                      Fall and Heaven Gate...

                                      Ham Rong mountain is a beautiful
                                      site, from this position, tourists
                                      can see the whole of Sapa, Sapa’s
                                      famous church, the ancient stones
                                      in Muong Hoa valley, villages such
                                      as Cat Cat, Ta Phin, Lao Chai, Ta Van,
                                      Ban Ho… Sapa is also “the kingdom”
                                      of many kinds of fruits and flowers
                                      such as peach blossom, plum
                                      flowers, pear-tree flowers, immortal
                                      flowers and more.

                                      Fansipan peak – Hoang Lien Son

                                      Fansipan, also known as“the
                                      Roof of Indochina,”is the highest
                                      mountain within the Hoang Lien Son
                                      mountains with a height of 3,143m.
                                      It lies southwest of Sapa. Hoang Lien
                                      National Park is a gigantic national
                                      park with a vegetation cover and
                                      many endemic varieties.

                                      Bac Ha

                                      The town Bac Ha has long been
                                      famous for its Sunday market. At
                                      this place, tourists can visit villages
                                      of the Mong and Tay ethnic minority
                                      people as well as kermises in Can
                                      Cau, Coc Ly.

                                      Hoang A Tuong edifice is in the
                                      center of Bac Ha district (Lao Cai
                                      Province). It was built in 1914
                                      and completed in 1921. Its owner
                                      is Hoang Yen Cha, a Tay ethnic
                                      minority person. His father is
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