Congestion and street crimes in Sa Pa, a famous tourist town in the northern mountainous Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, have been greatly alleviated thanks to the installment of a surveillance camera system. Congestion and street crimes in Sa Pa, a famous tourist town in the northern mountainous Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, have been greatly alleviated thanks to the installment of a surveillance camera system. Visitors to the tourist destination have been able to enjoy their excursion along local streets without being trapped in long lines of traffic or feared of potential theft, which often happened during peak seasons, thanks to the security cameras planted across the locality over a year ago. The devices are managed and monitored at a command center which provides prompt response to any situation that could compromise traffic safety and order in the town. “The surveillance system has also helped competent authorities solve several theft cases and tourist … [Read more...] about Surveillance cameras prove effective in keeping order for Vietnam’s Sa Pa
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Sa Pa to host culture-tourism week on holidays
The Hanoi Times - The resort town of Sa Pa, in northern mountainous Lao Cai province, will host a Culture - Tourism Week in a move to attract more visitors. The week will bring together a wide range of activities highlighting rich and distinctive aspects of the province’s diverse ethnic cultures, including an art exhibition entitled “Colours of mountainous areas,” a gastronomy fair featuring the Muong ethnic group’s cuisine, and an orchid fair. Festivals depicting traditional festivities celebrated by local ethnic people, the cultural lifestyles and sports of the minorities will be highlights during the event. In particular, the Sa Pa lovers’ market will be restaged as part of the week as local authorities are fearing that this unique and traditional event will be lost to commercialisation.Throughout its history, Sa Pa’s downtown market opened on Saturday night as a destination for young, single Hmong, Dao, Tay and Ray ethnic minorities in the … [Read more...] about Sa Pa to host culture-tourism week on holidays
Charming Love Waterfall in Sa Pa
VietNamNet Bridge - Sa Pa is not only well known for the charm of being a misty mountain town with terraced rice fields stretching continuously on the mountains, but also for its romantic waterfall called Love. Love Waterfall, located about 4km to the North-West of Sa Pa Town in San Sa Ho Commune, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province, is a “must-see” destination on the Sa Pa tour. Driving on a red soil road to the waterfalls that winds through a primeval forest of lush ancient ivory trees and rhododendron flowers in white, red and yellow colour, tourists have a chance to enjoy a perfect painting-like landscape. From afar, the waterfall looks like a twinkling pyramid under the sun. It has a height of about 100m, and starts from the peak of Fansipan Mountain and rush noisily into the Gold Stream like a never-ending song. Under the waterfall, the Gold Stream runs along with green grass plots and bamboo clusters, forming a poetic image. According to the local … [Read more...] about Charming Love Waterfall in Sa Pa
Mountain marathon benefit set for Sa Pa
Around 500 runners from 40 different countries will participate in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon 2014, which is slated to take place from September 20 to 21. The race will be held on small twisting, buffalo-beaten trails, across bamboo bridges and through small mountain villages, according to a press release issued by the Danish Embassy, which co-organizes the event with the Topas Ecolodge in the resort town of Sa Pa. Runners participating the event can choose between four distances 10, 21, 42 or 70km. The first place winner will receive a $200 award. Denmark's ambassador to Vietnam, John Nielsen, will participate in the event. Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company and the Vietnamese Association of Diabetes & Endocrinology are sponsoring and supporting the event to raise awareness about the sharp rise in diabetes in Vietnam. Vietnam has seen some of the fastest growth rate of diabetes in the world. “More and more young people are being diagnosed with diabetes. … [Read more...] about Mountain marathon benefit set for Sa Pa
Meet the forgotten twin sister of Sa Pa in northern Vietnam
Not many people know about Binh Lieu District in the northern province of Quang Ninh, as the province is usually associated with Ha Long Bay. The mountainous district can be called another version of Sa Pa, the famous town in Lao Cai Province, with similar climate, landscape and cultural diversity. It is hard to resist the charms of the rice terraces, the green mountains, the white waterfalls and the peaceful villages here. In the forests, flowers are almost always in bloom, all year long. … [Read more...] about Meet the forgotten twin sister of Sa Pa in northern Vietnam