Living in the mountains, their traditional culture has been preserved. Women continue to wear their traditional white shirt, black skirt, and large width belt embroidered with colorful designs. Like the Muong, the Thai live separately from other ethnic groups in houses built on stilts. Thai women also continue to wear their colorful traditional clothes in emerald, orange, blue and pink. Sa Pa 1500 meters high, this former French outpost surrounded by mountains and small villages, is also the home to many ethnic minorities.
Various people sing, dance, and play traditional games.
Sa Pa's fresh, pure air offers tourists a place to lose themselves in the jungles and clouds on hot summer days. Sa Pa is also a base camp for climbing Viet Nam 's tallest peak, Fansipan. Phu This historic city rests in the heart- shaped valley of Muong Thanh. After 9 long years, the French and Vietnamese fought the decisive battle that freed Viet Nam from French colonialism. Nowadays, Dien Bien Phu has changed to adapt to the new economic climate of Viet Nam.