Sapa, nestling in a beautiful valley on the border with China, is northwest Vietnam�s most colorful destination. Vivid green rice terraces are sculpted into the mountain sides while in the fields H�mong and Dao women work dressed in colorful traditional clothes. At the end of the week the H�mong, Dao and other ethnic minorities trek into town from the surrounding countryside to trade goods at the weekend markets in Sapa, Bac Ha and other small towns. Here they sell silver jewelery, traditional embroidered fabrics and authentic articles of hill tribe clothing at the markets.