Taking advantage of the recent heavy rainfalls, locals in the Sapa Highlands (Lao Cai Province) are hard at work to prepare for a new rice season.

Unlike other places, this is the only rice growing season for the northwestern highland's in general and Sapa in particular, so it is very important for the local farmers to do all the proper preparations following the traditions and instructions from the agricultural expansion encouragement staff in order to achieve the highest rice yield.

Rice cultivating season is also the most beautiful season in the Sapa Highland's and because of this, Sapa has always attracted a large number of photographers and young tourists from other cities to visit the region and take pictures of it during this time of year, especially since these terrace rice fields have been voted as one of the 7 most beautiful rice terraces in Asia and in the world by a U.S. travel magazine.

Some images captured of Sapa's local farmers hard at work and the region's beautiful terrace rice fields:

Source: Dan Tri