When October gently arrives, the Northwest awakens after the last summer rains. The sunlight softens, mist drapes across the hillsides, and the terraced rice fields glow in shimmering gold — like a vast painting brushed with light.

From Mù Cang Chải to Y Tý and Hoàng Su Phì, the entire mountainous region hums with the rhythm of harvest season. Mù Cang Chải enchants with endless golden terraces cascading down the slopes; Y Tý dreams in a sea of clouds and late-ripening rice; while Hoàng Su Phì holds a tranquil charm, where the rice fields layer neatly like pages of an open book in the midst of the great forest.

October in the Northwest is neither noisy nor hurried — only serene enough to hear the whisper of the wind, to breathe in the scent of new rice, and to feel the calm rhythm of life.
Visiting the Northwest this season, travelers don’t just admire the scenery — they rediscover themselves amid the vast embrace of the earth and sky.

Source: Hồng Lụa – Travel+ số 10/2025 – https://vietnamtourism.gov.vn/post/65136