The vast terraced fields, dyed golden yellow in the ripe rice season, have a captivating beauty that makes everyone wish to see it with their own eyes.
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| The ripe rice season in the Northwest takes place from September to October, attracting a large number of tourists to admire the beauty of nature. You will be amazed when stepping into the majestic valley in Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai) with golden terraced fields stretching along the steep mountain slopes. Standing here, breathing in the scent of rice, visitors will feel the captivating beauty of the homeland. Photo: Nguyen Quang Huy. |
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| Around mid-September, yellow begins to cover the mountains and forests of the Northwest. At this time, the weather is milder, creating ideal conditions for backpackers to conquer dangerous mountain roads and touch the beautiful, wild landscape of the land and sky. Photo: Dang Hong Long. |
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| In Lao Chai commune (Yen Bai), the clouds drifting over the terraced fields add to the harvest scene. The Northwest region only grows one rice crop a year, but the sowing times vary between localities, so the rice does not ripen evenly. The ripening season is a popular theme among the photo collections submitted by readers to the "Impressions of Vietnam" contest. Photo: Le Thanh Tu. |
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| Phung village in Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province, on an early morning. Dawn awakens amidst layers of golden rice in harvest time, clouds seem to embrace the whole village. Possessing undeniable beauty and playing an important role in the economy and life of the ethnic people here, Hoang Su Phi terraced fields have been recognized as a national monument, needing to be preserved and protected. Photo: Ngoc Vu. |
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| Moments after the afternoon rain in Tu Le valley (Yen Bai). The last rays of sunlight appeared with mist covering the hills, magical like paradise. Photo: Nguyen Anh Tuan. |
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| The moment the sunset is about to fall on the terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai. Terraced fields are a form of farming on sloping land of many highland ethnic groups in the world. To grow wet rice, people have to reclaim and transform the land into flat land on the slopes of mountains and hills, with water sources brought from higher mountain peaks. Photo: Van Chinh Ngo |
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| The beauty of the working life of the people in the Northwest highlands always leaves a strong impression on anyone who has ever visited. Despite working hard, enduring many natural disasters and harsh weather, they are always happy and live in harmony with nature. Photo: Nguyen Xuan Dam. |
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| The joy of a Mu Cang Chai girl during the harvest season. Photo: Nguyen Xuan Dam. |
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| A peaceful afternoon nap of a baby in La Pan Tan commune (Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai) while his parents are harvesting rice. In the middle of the harvest field, his mother cuts the rice stalks around him and spreads them into a soft mattress, lining it with a nylon sheet and an umbrella to shade him from the sun so he has a comfortable place to lie down. Photo: Pham Trung. |
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| In addition to the rice harvest season, backpackers also flock to the Northwest around May and June, when the rice fields are flooded. The photo was taken in Y Ty commune (Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province), when the "stairways to heaven" create a beautiful painting with brilliant color blocks amidst the mountains. Perhaps no artist can mix colors as vividly, naturally and full of life as the Northwest farmers. Photo: Nguyen Anh Tuan. |
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| After the young shoots emerge from the water, people are ready for a new crop. Lim Mong Valley (Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai) is as beautiful as a painting thanks to the yellow-green rice fields like waves, the blue sky and clouds reflecting on the water. People suddenly become small in the midst of nature. |
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