Son La belongs to North-West Vietnam, shares border with Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Lai Chau provinces on the north, Dien Bien Province on the west, Phu Tho and Hoa Binh provinces on the east and Laos on the south.

Blue H’Mong People speak mutually intelligible dialects of the Hmong language with some differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.

Moc Chau Plateau is an attractive place for visitors with its cool temperature in the summer and an average temperature of 20oC (68oF).

Son La Museum enables visitors to untangle the web of 12 ethno-linguistic groups that inhabit this province with a display of costumes and objects such as everyday pottery, ceramic toys and baskets.

Son La is the mountainous area of Vietnam

The big tea hills in Son La

Moc Chau Highland is very famous with the tea

Son La overview

Son La is a highland province in northwest Vietnam. When you arrive in this region, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the tremendous mountain scenery and the unique culture of the ethnic groups in this northwest part of Vietnam, such as the impressive stretched clothes and sipping the local traditional wine…

It is on National Highway 6, about 320 kilometers from Hanoi. This province has three border crossings with Laos: the international border crossings of Chieng Khuong and Pa Hang, as well as the national border crossing of Na Cai. It is around 600-700 meters above sea level.

This is a lovely Vietnamese town tucked away among the mountains. It has a dreadful history because it formerly housed one of the world’s most heinous prisons. Only the ruins and a tiny village remain, with ghosts of its past concealed beneath its natural rivers, trees, and flowers.

Best time to visit Son La

You can visit this highland province at any time of year because each month has its own beauty, such as in September when it is time for the Mong people’s Tet Festival, which is the most important and largest event of the Mong people, and it is a very fun and interesting festival that you should not miss, and you should also participate in order to feel the true custom of an ethnic group is the Mong people.

The numerous species of flowers in Moc Chau Highland a rural district of the province, are blown during the month of November. You may try having a swim in one of Thailand’s ethnic villages’ warm springs this winter.

Attractions in Son La

1. Da River
2. Moc Chau highland
3. Son La Museum
4. Son La Prison
5. Mong Ethnic Village
6. Son La Hydroelectric Plant

How to travel to Son La?

It is around 300km and takes around 5-6 hours from Hanoi by bus, the the bus is the best option to get to this province from Hanoi.

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