Sapa Sa Pa - wikitravel Sapa is a beautiful, mountainous town in northern Vietnam along the border with China. Located in Vietnam's remote north west mountains, Sapa is famous for both its fine, rugged scenery and also its rich cultural diversity. Sapa is an incredibly picturesque village that lies on the Hoang Lien Son mountain range near the Chinese border in northwestern Vietnam, known as "the Tonkinese Alps". http://wikitravel.org/en/Sapa
Lao Cai Province - wikipedia Lao Cai Province is located in the north of the country. Lao Cai is a mountainous region. In the northwest of the province is Phan Xi Pang (a.k.a. Fansipan), Vietnam's highest mountain. The province is bisected by the Red River, the most significant river of northern Vietnam, which flows out of China towards the capital Hanoi. Much of the province is heavily forested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Cai_Province
Sapa Tour - with photographs Sapa is an old French hill station, nestled among the Hoang Lien Son Mountains near the Chinese border. Because of its situation near the tallest mountain range in Vietnam, it is possibly the most scenic mountain location in Vietnam. The members of the Black Hmong ethnic minority are very present in town, and other ethnic minorities come for the weekly market. hhttp://www.ddavid.com/alongdesire/viet2.htm
