The scene at Mui Dien creates an S-shape like a map of Vietnam. Photo: Le Van Anh Tai.

Tai said that he took the picture titled "There is a miniature Vietnam in Phu Yen" in early March during a business trip to the Central and South regions.

The 25-year-old photographer said he had researched this angle in advance. When seeing Google Maps from above, he saw the scene forming an S shape like the image of a map of Vietnam.

"What I do is just align the photo so that it resembles the map of Vietnam as much as possible," Tai said.

In Vietnam, he said, there are many roads or natural scenes that look like the letter S such as brick kilns in Quang Nam province, and an S-shaped road in Moc Chau (Son La).

"It's like a symbol of Vietnam, so every time I take pictures of S-shaped things, even miniatures, I am moved," Tai said.

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