(VEN) - The town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has seen an increasing number of tourists and growing investment since Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision in late 2017 recognizing the resort town as a national tourism site. Sa Pa is famous for its dramatic scenery of valleys and mountain peaks, such as Fansipan Mountain, Muong Hoa Valley, Ham Rong Mountain, and Ta Phin Village, and the diversity of ethnic minority groups who live there, including the Kinh, Hmong, Yao, Tay, Day, Xa Pho and Hoa. Lao Cai Province is also a gateway to China’s Yunnan Province, boosting its advantages as a tourist center. Thanks to sustainable development policies, given the growth of tourists, Sa Pa is expected to welcome about four million visitors by 2020 and eight million by 2030. To meet tourism development demands, Sa Pa has been engaged in massive infrastructure construction, such as a road connecting Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway with the town, and the … [Read more...] about Sa Pa, a new look
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HCMC leads in reading movement
Following the PM’s decision, the municipal People’s Committee has assigned the Department of Information and Communications to work with other competent agencies to hold Vietnam Book Day annually. Thanks to related agencies’ efforts in building the book reading movement, the city has achieved much success. Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications said that according to the department’s plan, people’s committees in 24 districts have organized annual book reading-relating activities with various themes for children, seminars, story-telling exchanges and book collection for destitute kids. Head of the Authority of Publication, Printing and Distribution under the Ministry of Information and Communications Chu Van Hoa said that HCMC has been leading the book reading movement because the movement has spread to other neighboring cities and provinces proving that HCMC is really the country’s economic and cultural hub. He added … [Read more...] about HCMC leads in reading movement
Enjoying the true feelings of Sa Pa
Viet Nam News By Nguyễn Mỹ Hà Sa Pa is not just a travel destination. Sa Pa is the seventh heaven that belongs on another planet but really does exist on earth. Explore the place at your peril. It will surely be rewarding, but exhausting at the same time. Sa Pa is a place to revive. It’s a place to really feel alive. We visited Sa Pa in summer, when the scorching sun of Hà Nội burnt was enough to seek out pastures new. When we finally get to inhale the cool refreshing air up in Sa Pa, it tasted so fresh. After 30 years of renovation and a huge number of tourists pouring in the country, Sa Pa has changed beyond anyone’s wildest imagination. Mountain view: Far behind those white clouds, is the rooftop of Indochina peninsula, Mt. Fansipan. — VNS Photo Mỹ Hà The town now has boomed on all levels. From five-star hotel project to homestay renovation or the town houses and shops of owners coming up from Hà … [Read more...] about Enjoying the true feelings of Sa Pa
The peddler girl from Sa Pa who made it big – VnExpress International
Back to English Comments Travel - October 9, 2018 | 01:22 pm GMT+7 She was named by Forbes Vietnam as one of the 30 most influential under-thirty in the country. Tan Thi Shu was born in 1986 in a poor H’Mong family in Sa Pa, a beautiful mountainous town in the northern province of Lao Cai. Her family was in fact so poor it could only afford one meal a day. She started working at the age of 12, selling brocade fabric. A year later, like most of her peers, she became a peddler in Sa Pa. Her mind was always teeming with unanswered questions: “Why are my parents so poor? Why am I different from the rest? Why can’t I go to school and have the same opportunities as others? Wherever I go, I can’t find anyone else who looks like me...”. She recalls how self-conscious and miserable she felt when some children visiting Sa Pa made fun of her short stature and looks. This continued to haunt her until she reached 20 before she accepted herself for what she … [Read more...] about The peddler girl from Sa Pa who made it big – VnExpress International
Sa Pa Autumn Festival 2018 waves tourists with numerous activities
The Hanoitimes - The Sa Pa Autumn Festival is annually organized to attract tourists to Lao Cai province and Sa Pa. The Sa Pa district People's Committee officially kicked off the Sa Pa Autumn Festival 2018 on September 1 evening, with numerous interesting activities in the pipeline. Numerous cultural performances highlighted the cultural identity of ethnic people in Sapa district The festival offers many cultural and sporting activities which are special and attractive to tourists, such as northwest food festival, cloud festival, "Sa Pa - land and people" photo exhibition, street performances and re-expression of ethnic cultural activities, season day on Sa Pa terrain, the crossing mountain international marathon, the full moon festival and so on. At the opening ceremony of Sa Pa Autumn Festival 2018, the Lao Cai Folk Arts Union showed a special performance named "Yellow autumn in Sa Pa". The performance highlighted the cultural identity of Lao Cai and Sapa … [Read more...] about Sa Pa Autumn Festival 2018 waves tourists with numerous activities