Fall in love with Sapa, Vietnam, with its rice terraces, hill tribes and Mount Fansipan

Vietnam is a popular holiday destination for Hong Kong residents since it is not far away – Hanoi is only a two-hour flight from Hong Kong International Airport.

There is more to the Land of the Ascending Dragon than just its capital city, however, such as Sapa.

Difficulty of access is what has always made this remote town, rich in history, special; getting there requires a five-hour car journey from Hanoi.
Historically, the people who settled in the valleys of Sapa were from hill tribes. They built rice terraces on the hillsides. Photo: Erika Na

The biggest ethnic minority group in the area are the Hmong people, whose origins are in mountainous Guizhou province in southwest China. Also known as the Miao people, Hmong migrated to northern Vietnam in large numbers in the early 19th century to avoid conflict with China’s majority Han population.

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