Tuyet Sa Pa (Sapa in Winter) by Pham Bang won the first prize in the
single photo category for the subject of nature in the Vietnam Heritage
Photo Awards 2014.
Feasting her eyes on the terraced rice fields in Viet Nam''s popular
tourist spot Sapa, Nathalie Cauvi couldn''t stop shouting: "Wow, wow!
It''s such an amazing and beautiful landscape!"
Authorities in the northern province of Lao Cai plan to expand and
upgrade traditional markets in Bac Ha District to facilitate more trade
by ethnic minority communities and attract more tourists.
One hundred photos featuring the landscapes and
people of Viet Nam taken by a Vietnamese painter and the Charge
d''Affairs from the Panama Embassy are on display in Ha Noi.
Visitors to Sa Pa are enjoying adventure tours in the villages of Ta Giang Phinh in Sa Pa township and Nam Tam in neighbouring Lai Chau Province , where the local people fiercely cling to their traditions.
