Now is best time to see ripening rice fields in northern VietnamVietNamNet Bridge – Terraced fields in the mountainous provinces in northern Vietnam will start showing gorgeous colors in September and October when the harvest season comes. Local ethnic minority people can grow rice and establish terraced rice fields, one after another, from the foot to top of mountains. Generations of these people have created terraced rice fields as we see today. The US-based Travel and Living chose Sapa’s terraced fields as one of the seven most magnificent terraced fields of the world. Today, these rice fields are located in around 6 communes, at an altitude of 1,000m above the sea level.

Source: VietNamNet News September 11, 2016 02:48 UTC