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                           Main 
							destination of the northwest Vietnam, 350 km from 
							Hanoi, the heart of beautiful mountains stretching 
							to the border of China and Laos, Sapa (pronounced 
							Chapa) lies in a beautiful valley in circus in 
							beautiful mountains covered with hamlets, near the 
							Chinese border. This beautiful region is populated 
							by several ethnic minorities the Hmong and Dzao. 
							Almost daily, the Montagnards in the neighborhood 
							put on their costumes more glittering and make way 
							to the markets. It is really spectacle seeing 
							farmers going to market and returning to their 
							villages and hamlets....    
                  
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