Ripe rice casts golden glow on terraced fields in Ha Giang

Hoang Su Phi is a mountainous district located in the west of Ha Giang Province. It boasts a beautiful natural landscape with majestic mountain scenery and terraced fields sketching to the horizon.
Terraced fields look like stairs sketching to the horizon (Photo: VNA)
Terraced fields look like stairs sketching to the horizon (Photo: VNA)
The glowing terraced fields on the mountainside. (Photo: VNA)

The glowing terraced fields on the mountainside. (Photo: VNA)

Every year, from late in the eighth lunar month to early in the ninth lunar month, the weather getting colder signals the start of the ripe rice season. (Photo: VNA)

Every year, from late in the eighth lunar month to early in the ninth lunar month, the weather getting colder signals the start of the ripe rice season. (Photo: VNA)

It is the best time for visitors to admire the stunning beauty of ripening terraced fields in Ha Giang (Photo: VNA)

It is the best time for visitors to admire the stunning beauty of ripening terraced fields in Ha Giang (Photo: VNA)

People harvest the early ripened rice fields. (Photo: VNA)

People harvest the early ripened rice fields. (Photo: VNA)

Ripe rice on the terraced fields turns golden yellow. (Photo: VNA)

Ripe rice on the terraced fields turns golden yellow. (Photo: VNA)

Border guards help the local people in harvesting rice. (Photo: VNA)

Border guards help the local people in harvesting rice. (Photo: VNA)

When they are seen from afar, the golden terraced fields look like a silk carpet with the sweet scent of ripe rice floating in the breeze. (Photo: VNA)

When they are seen from afar, the golden terraced fields look like a silk carpet with the sweet scent of ripe rice floating in the breeze. (Photo: VNA)

Ripe rice casts golden glow on terraced fields in Ha Giang (Photo: VNA)

Ripe rice casts golden glow on terraced fields in Ha Giang (Photo: VNA)

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