A rice field in Sapa Province

A rice field in Sapa Province

A marathon was organised in Sapa Province that has drawn the participation of thousands of people, including individuals, corporate teams across the country. 

This is a kind of participation advocates to promote Sapa Province in terms of tourism. 

A large number of expats have worked in Vietnam for long but until now they have a window to see in person how magnificent rural areas of this region are. Thousands of imagery are posted that created a hit on social media platforms. In addition, online media covered this sportive event that is another source of advertising Sapa. 

If you are curious to know more, visit photos of Sapa to have detailed information. 

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A log cabin looking down cascade fields, Lao Cai Province

A log cabin looking down rice fields in Lao Cai Province

Lao Cai is known for golden rice cascade fields in a crop harvest. Minority ethnic people in this region live on farming and tourism as well.  

A log cabin is constructed next to a turning of a street, looking down terrace fields that turn golden in September, It is the time of crop harvest when yellow fields span from above to the foot of a hill.

A log cabin is a kind of business of the minority ethnic groups to earn money. Those wanting to look down fields or taking photos of magnificent scenes pay a fee of 50 cents. Especially, tourists can rent rural traditional wear to put on and work on rice fields to take photos.   

More photos of Lao Cai Province. 

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Reviving captured bears

A bear cries with a pain due to the extraction of bile

A vice of raising bears for the extraction of bile is rampant across Vietnam that creates an alarm.

A bear is captured in a small cage of a household in Vietnam. Bear's living condition is inadequate. People feed bears to extract a bear's bile that makes it experience the suffering. It is illegal to raise bears in the inhabitant residence; however, earning money blinds owners, ignoring a bear's bodily tolerance. 

According to the 2015 stats of the Department of Forestry Protection, only hundreds of bears live in nature. A total of 1245 bears are reared in farms of households across Vietnam. Because the price of bile goes down, the husbandry of bears is not profitable that householders don't take care of them and leave them starved and thirsty. 

Animal Asia Association provides a 24/24 rescue service in which they receive telephone calls to rescue captured bears across Vietnam. If you are interested in this kind of activities, let's visit its facebook.

More photos of captured bears. The content is Vietnamese. 

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Closeup snapshot of a location of APEC Summit conference

APEC Summit Conference will be taking place from Nov 6 to 11 in Da Nang City, the middle of Vietnam. It is estimated 18 leaders of the member economics confirm to participate this event. The week of Summit Conference has attracted a total number of 10,000 people, including delegates and journalists, the ever-largest number.

The meeting will happen in Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort. Tucked away in a private bay on the Son Tra Peninsula of the Middle Vietnam sits the Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort. This is a place myth meets luxury. If you look for an accommodation that has everything, this is it.

More photos featuring the facilities of this resort.

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Traditional wear of minority ethnic children

On the first days of the Lunar New Year, children in highlands regions have an opportunity to dress up the new wear their parent have just bought at the end of a previous year. Four children in a photo above are going out in colourful clothes to their friends' houses not far from their residence.

The photo of the minority ethnic people's clothing is always impressive. They live in far remote regions that are surrounded by ever-green fields, woods, and hills. Their colourful clothes stand out in the setting of nature. Thus, it is a topic of many photographic contests for professionals and amateurs.

More photos at colourful wear

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Ancient town

Tien is a young man who travels across Vietnam to realize a collection of photos named "I want to travel". This collection represents Vietnam's identities that have hooked the attraction of a tourist who wants to discover Vietnam.

The old and ancient house in the photo above depicts a French-style construction that has not been restored for long.

If you want to see more about his collection of photos, visit a collection of photos. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Waterfall Ban Gioc

Waterfall Ban Gioc sits in Cao Bang Province, the northern Vietnam. It is noted for a magnificent waterfall in Vietnam and a must for tourists in a tour to Cao Bang Province. It contains a series of consecutive falls.

In a raining season from June to September, it is time to see water with a great volume falls down bringing alluvium to give fertile soil. 

More photos of Cao Bang Province.

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A mid-autumn lantern people are scared to buy

The mid-autumn that falls on August 15 of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival for children to hold lanterns going in a parade from the end of an ally to the other. In the evening, they kindle candles that are put inside a lantern. Along with their next door friends, they take a line, each of them holds a lantern and sing mid-autumn songs. That's a game of children on this occasion. 

Lanterns are produced in various forms of a fish, butterfly, plane, ship, but rarely a coffin with a cross at the end as featured in a photo above. Maybe, this is the first time such a kind of a lantern is produced by a weird idea. Who dares to buy such a kind of a lantern!

More photos on Lanterns.

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Colorful wear of ethnic minority people in Moc Chau

Moc Chau is home to ethnic minority people in the north of Vietnam. Their clothing is multi-colour. A picture features two girls in their traditional clothes, holding an umbrella, walking across an ever-green field that creates a beautiful painting of nature.

The ethnic minority people in this region is H'mong community who live on farming. Festival occasion like New Year is time for them to dress up nice clothes to go visit their friends. It is time for them to do away with works on a farm to take a break or do some errands at home.

More photos at Moc Chau.

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Kingdom of horse husbandry, Lang Son

Nearly 700 white horses are raised on plateau Khao Sao, Lang Son Province. This is home to ethnic minority groups of Tay and Nung who live on farming and husbandry. The climate here fits the rapid growth of these white horses whose annual average increase is about 25%.

Horses are raised in a free way. In the early morning, people let them go to a plateau, then take them to a barn afternoon. Thus, this approach doesn't need any care of them.

More photos about horse raising.  The content is in Vietnamese.

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Sunset on Tuyen Lam Lake, Dalat City

Tuyen Lam Lake is the largest lake in Dalat City, a must in a tour in this city. What does Tuyen Lam stand for? Tuyen means a stream and Lam a forest. Tuyen Lam Lake is a meeting between a forest and a stream.

A pleasure for tourists is that they rent a boat to go sightseeing around Tuyen Lam lake to discover green pine forest.

Dalat is now less cool than before. It is a pleasure to have a coffee in a small front shop under persistent rains in the evening.

More photos about Tuyen Lam, Dalat.

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National Park Bidoup, Nui Ba Mountain

National Park Bidoup sits in Nui Ba Mountain, the north of Dalat City, a familiar destination for backpackers. It consists of evergreen woodland, circular trees.

The photo above depicts a meandering trail through two borders of pines, orchids that seems to welcome any tourist. It is also a place for students to make a picnic in the summertime to refresh their mind before coming back to school after three-month break.

For more photo about National Park Bidoup, Nui Ba Mountain, visit the following link Bidoup.

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Nobody cares about the life of students in a far remote region

At the beginning of September is the first opening day of school. In a city, children are driven by their parents while in a far remote region children have difficulty in going to school. Travelling on road is very far. They cut down an initiative by taking a small boat like the one in the photo.

A group of students living in a neighbourhood go together. They don't wear any life vest. The stream is very swift. A careless action may make them fall into a stream that the grim reaper is waiting for them in the bed of a stream.

Education plays a key role in a student's life, giving them a bright future. But their life must be paid attention to.

For more photos depicting children's going to school by boat, visit the following photos

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Mum! Let me go

Kids like going out with their parents. Thus, every time they know their parents are going somewhere, they try to aks for following at any effort. This FB post illustrates this. 

The mother goes to market. She doesn't want to drive her child, but he insists on going with her by clinging the end of a motorbike to prevent her from driving. That post gets a hit on Facebook.

The child is clinging the end of a motorbike yelling fiercely. 

Some more fun photos on the following link Photos. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Sapa captured from above

Vietnam Run was held in Sapa, northern Vietnam that hooked the participation of thousands of people, including Vietnamese and expats. People have known Sapa through print, online media, and social media platforms. Now, this event gives participants on-ground experience that they spread by posting them or words of mouth.

Many feelings, photos of participants are passed on, generating participation advocate on social media.

For more photos, visit the following link Sapa. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Sapa Marathon

Sapa Marathon was organized in the northern Vietnam that has drawn thousands of participants, including Vietnamese and foreigners. This is a kind of co-creation promotion of Sapa's tourism. Photos which were taken during this event were posted on social media platforms and worth of mouth results in a great impact on the public in terms of tourism.

Sapa marathon is an idea that combines an aspect of sports and tourism promotion. Sapa has been advertised in print, online media and social media. This activity brings to people on-spot experience.

There is a collection of photos captured during this Sapa marathon. If you want to see, visit the following link Sapa Marathon. The content is in Vietnamese.


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Ngu Ho Cascade (Five-Fall Cascade)

Ngu Ho Cascade (Five-Fall Cascade) sits in National Park Bach Ma (White House), a place that still retains primaeval forests. Ngu Ho Cascade crashes down a pool of turquoise water under a canopy of foliage, a stop for tourists after a long trek in National Park.

National Park Bach Ma includes more than 1400 species of plants, rare ferns and orchids. It is a discovery of flora for tourists as it represents one-fifth of the flora of Vietnam. 

For more photos, please visit photos. The content is in Vietnamese. 

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A tour in the southern Vietnam

An ecosystem tour in the southern Vietnam gives a tourist a discovery of National Park Tram Chim (a green island of the red-headed crane) in Dong Thap Province. 

A tourist guide in traditional wear or rustic life clothes sits in the front end of a motor-boat to introduce scenes along two sides of a small river. 

For more photos of this national park, visit the following link photos. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Mu Cang Chai

Mu Cang Chai is captured from above, a majestic and beautiful rice terrace. Mu Chai Cang is a rural district of Yen Bai Province, northwest Vietnam. Every September, thousands of flocks of tourists pour into this rice terrace when rice turn golden and is ready for crop harvest. It's hard but warm-hearted life, home to H'Mong ethnic minority group.

From mid-September to mid-October is time for travelling, however, it depends on climate change. It is a window of opportunity for tourists to learn a rustic life, to enjoy sticky rice, a speciality of this place.

For more photos of Mu Cang Chai, visit the following link: Mu Cang Chai.

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Schooling in a far remote region

Is she a backpacker who is travelling on a swift stream to enjoy the beauty of nature? No, it's not true. It is a teacher in a far remote region who goes to the first day of school opening.

Wearing a school bag on the back, she doesn't put on a life vest and a boat seems to be almost sunk into a stream.

With a smile on her face, she seems to be unaware of a grim reaper that is waiting for her at the river bed if she falls down in water. On a riverside are some adults looking at her, even one takes a photo of her as if it is common sense to take a boat in such a setting.

Schooling is a noble job to help children on their path to a bright future. Thus, the safety of teacher's life must be paid attention. Nobody recognises it, even a local government ignores this issue while teachers play a key role in the national development. How poor for teachers in such a region.

For more photos depicting children's going to school by boat, visit the following photos

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