The most ideal time for visitors to go to Sa Pa town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is between mid-August and early September.

Six ancient slabs engraved with images of terraced fields were found in Lao Chai commune, Mu Chang Chai district, in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, in July.

Situated in the northwest of Vietnam, the mountainous northern province of Lao Cai is home to Sa Pa, a culturally-rich town that boasts stunning natural landscapes when spring arrives.

The stunning beauty of the green terraced fields belonging to the Jrai ethnic group in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has proved a popular destination with travelers flocking to the area in recent time.

In May and June, when the first summer rain pour over mountains in the north of Vietnam, rain water is led to local terraced fields. Water overwhelms the field and softens the soil so that farmers can plant rice seedlings. 

The rain blessing ceremony is one of 7 annual festivals of the Ha Nhi. It takes place at the end of the summer when rice and maize are maturing. Rituals at the rainy season festival are typical of people dependent on agriculture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Terraced fields are recognised by the State as national scenic places and appreciated by international mass media as the peak of beauty crystallised by Vietnamese culture and labour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Take a view of Binh Lieu - an off-the-beaten-track place with a splendid and captivating beauty in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The terraced fields of Lao Cai Province’s Bat Xat District are full of water from the surrounding high mountains and farmers have begun planting, offering some spectacular scenes of rural Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As autumn arrives, adventurous amateur photographers are packing up their cameras and heading to the picturesque northern mountainous regions of Viet Nam to capture the beauty of the season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists may have been once suggested to visit Hoang Su Phi in the harvest season in autumn to admire the endless glistening yellowish color of terraced rice fields.

 Established hundreds of years ago, Hoang Su Phi District in the northeast province of Ha Giang is now the home of many ethnic groups who live mainly by growing rice and other subsidiary crops.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Y Ty, one of the poorest communes in Lao Cai Province's Bat Xat District, has become an attractive tourism destination in recent years due to its natural beauty.

Vietnam's Sa Pa terraces are among the most incredible terrace fields in the world, selected by touropia.com.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has invented a mini-ploughing machine for terraced fields in inaccessible areas.

 Yen Bai province in the north will organise a cultural and tourism event to promote its Mu Cang Chai terraced fields as a tourism destination.