Mai Chau is located in Hoa Binh Province, approximately 135km from Hanoi and 60km from Hoa Binh Town. From the top of Cun Pass, one can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by the green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group, live in Mai Chau.

The Hoa Binh Hydro-electric Power Plant on the Da River is the largest of its kind in Vietnam. Its construction began in November 1979 with assistance from the fromer Soviet Union. The electric generating section was built inside a mountain. The plant has eight generators with a designed capacity of 240,000 KW each.
The plant's reservoir has become an attractive tourist site along the Da River.

Ham Rong Mountain is an attractive tourist area in the center of Sapa Townlet which is 33km from Lao Cai Town. Legend has it that in the distance past, all animals lived together in a chaotic environment. One day, Jade Emperor gave an order that every species of animal had to find for them an area to live. Having heard the order, they scrambled for a place to reside. The three brothers of dragon who were living in a large lake hurriedly ran to the east but could not find any place; they then ran to the west.

Fansipan is a mountain in Vietnam, the highest in Indochina, at 3 143 m. It is located in the Lao Cai province in Northwest Vietnam. Fansipan is dubbed "the Roof of Indochina"; it is to be approved as one of the very few ecotourist spots of Vietnam, with about 2,024 floral varieties and 327 faunal species. The topography of Fansipan is varied. Muong Hoa Valley, at the lowest altitude (950-1,000m), is created by a narrow strip of land at the base on the east side of the mountain.

The valley of Dien Bien Phu was 18km long and 6-8 km wide when the Dien Bien Phu campaign began. To date, the valley spreads over 20km long. On November 20th, 1953, French paratroopers occupied the valley and built 49 strongholds in three sub-sections. Among these sites include artillery emplacements, remains of airplanes, Muong Thanh Bridge, the command bunker of De Castries, Hill A1 and the cemetery. Some 35km from the center of Dien Bien Phu City, in Muong Phang Commune lays the Command Post of General Vo Nguyen Giap. After the victorious battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, almost all historical sites of this battle lying to the east of the Muong Thanh Field have been preserved intact.

The village is 2km away from Sapa town, an age-old one of H’Mong minority where many traditional crafts are well -preserved: cotton growing, weaving or making jewelries but most remarkable are well-kept customs that interest visitors at home and abroad.

Visitors to Cat Cat have an opportunity to admire a lively and colorful picture. That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs. A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable.

Bac Ha Market is about 80km from downtown Sapa, BacHa - a small town built on a desolated highland plain NorthWest of Lao Cai, is well-known for the century-old colorful market of the real mountainous people including the Dzao and the Flower-H'Mong. They and the mountains seem to fall in a sleep and time stands still until Sunday mornings when the Bac Ha market occurs. All the young boys and girls wear their most beautiful clothes and go to the market.