Northwest Beauty through Dutch Photographer’s Lens

Travelling throughout the Northwest region, Dutch photographer Mick Palarczyk took photographs of the land and the people.

Beautiful scenery in Tam Duong, Lai Chau.

Black Dao women in Tam Duong with complex hairstyles. Children's hats decorated with coins, believed to have the ability to dispel evil spirits.

Two H’mong girls at the Bac Ha Fair, Lao Cai.

This giant "butterfly", dress of a Hmong woman, airs out on a fence in a village on the Chay riverbank.

Hmong Hoa women in Bac Ha.

Lac Village in Mai Chau (Hoa Binh), surrounded by rice fields in a romantic valley.

A stilt house of the White Thai people in Lac Village.

The road in the village of White Thai people in Mai Chau.

Black Thai women bathe their children near Nam La River, Son La.

The "water wheel" in the Nam La River.

 Source: VNB

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Highlights:

• Awesome scenery
• Tough trails
• Colorful minority groups