Bac Ha district is about 70km from Lao Cai city center, located at an altitude of about 1,000 - 1,500m above sea level.
This place is blessed with a cool climate all year round, very suitable for growing plums. Therefore, Tam Hoa plums, typical of this land, not only produce delicious fruit but also create a charming landscape.
Every spring, throughout the valleys and hillside villages of the Bac Ha white plateau, forests of pure white plum blossom simultaneously, creating a poetic scene, like a fairy tale painting in the midst of the vast mountains and forests of the Northwest.

In early January, according to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, the entire Bac Ha plateau was ablaze with the pure white color of plum blossoms.
The endless plum gardens, spread throughout communes such as Ta Van Chu, Lau Thi Ngai, Na Hoi, Thai Giang Pho, Ban Pho, bring a peaceful and poetic beauty.
Plum blossom season in Bac Ha is not as brilliant as peach blossom, nor as elegant as ban flower, but has a characteristic gentleness and purity.
Tiny flowers with fragile petals and pure white color bloom together on the branches, creating white tree canopies like clouds floating on the hillsides.
From afar, the entire Bac Ha plateau seems to be immersed in a sea of white clouds, with roofs looming among the flower forests, creating a picturesque landscape painting.
In the morning, when the first sunlight shone, the sparkling petals in the morning mist, bringing a sense of peace and clear.

The peaceful, poetic scenery here also attracts many tourists from near and far to visit and take photos in early spring.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Nga (residing in Lao Cai city) said: “We are extremely impressed with the vast plum fields in Bac Ha. In the early spring days, the white color of plum blossoms makes the beauty of this place extremely peaceful and elegant. Taking advantage of this spring trip, my family and I came here to capture some beautiful pictures for ourselves.”
According to research, plum blossom season in Bac Ha usually begins in late January and early February. When the weather starts to get warmer, millions of small white plum blossoms begin to bloom, bursting with life, showing off their proud, dreamy beauty in the vast nature.
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