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VietNamNet Bridge - Apart from Sapa, Y Ty in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, tourists can see the rare phenomenon of snow and ice in Mau Son (Lang Son), Phia Oac (Cao Bang) and Tay Con Linh (Ha Giang). 1. Sapa, Y Ty (Lao Cai) Located in north-west Vietnam, at an altitude of 1,600m above sea level, Sapa is one of the places where snow and ice appears the most in Vietnam. According to preliminary statistics, from 1971 to 2011, snow fell 15 times in Sapa. Most recently, on December 15, snow fell in the town of Sapa and lasted until the morning of December 16. Visitors could see snow in many areas around the town, such as the Heaven Gate, the Silver Waterfall, the Hoang Lien Son Mountain and the O Quy Ho Pass. Going further into Y Ty commune in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai, tourists will feel better the beauty of snow, which cover the roads, the villages, the forest and the mountains here. 2. Mau Son (Lang Son) At an average altitude of 8...

Photos: Sa Pa terraced fields covered in snow VietNamNet Bridge - To capture these stunning pictures of snow and ice in Sapa town and on the O Quy Ho Pass, the photographer had to walk 20km because snow was too thick and all kinds of vehicles could not move. ( http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/91875/photos--sa-pa-terraced-fields-covered-in-snow.html )  Snow covers the terraced fields in Sau Chua, Sa Pa.   Snow is tens of centimeters thick on the O Quy Ho Pass.     The Hoang Lien Son Mountains looks like mountains in the Europe.   Snowfall creates exceptional scenes but it severely affects the daily life of local people.   The terraced fields in Sau Chua, Sa Pa.   The entire valley is covered in snow.   The terraces in Sa Pa.           Kids play with snow.   A lake in Sau Chua, Sapa. Two Hmong women...

 A different Vietnam through the lens of Austrian photographer VietNamNet Bridge - Through the black and white photographs of the Austrian photographer Josef Höflehner, Vietnam shows up with a strange beauty. Austrian photographer Josef Höflehner traveled around the world to take photos of many beautiful places. He went to Vietnam twice, in 2007 and 2012 and then he introduced a set of unusual black-and-white photos of Vietnam.  Höflehner found a lot of different perspectives about the country and people of Vietnam and recorded them in black-and-white photos. The pictures are highly praised by the audience. In the 2nd visit to Vietnam in April 2012, the photographer spent two weeks to visit the three regions in Vietnam and returned to the places he had visited five years ago. From Hanoi to Ha Long Bay, through Höflehner’s lens, the beautiful landscapes of Vietnam are both familiar and strange, because of the colors as well as the obsession that they give ...