LookAtVietnam – The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1, and is expected to attract a large number of visitors.

The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1.

A photography exhibition, “The Color of Sapa”, will also be on show during the week together with a musical programme and a culinary arts fair.

The week will feature nearly one 100 types of orchid which are indigenous to Hoang Lien forest and mountain range in Sapa – the city in the fog.

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