A panoramic view of ripening rice fields surrounded by mountain ranges and villages in Chieng Sinh commune, Dien Bien province. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
A panoramic view of ripening rice fields surrounded by mountain ranges and villages in Chieng Sinh commune, Dien Bien province. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Thin layers of smoke drift across the fields in the afternoon light in Chieng Sinh valley. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Thin layers of smoke drift across the fields in the afternoon light in Chieng Sinh valley. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Ripening rice turns the fields golden between the surrounding mountain ranges in Chieng Sinh valley. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Ripening rice turns the fields golden between the surrounding mountain ranges in Chieng Sinh valley. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Smoke rising from the rice fields in the afternoon light adds a distinctive feature to the harvest-season landscape in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Smoke rising from the rice fields in the afternoon light adds a distinctive feature to the harvest-season landscape in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Chieng Sinh valley at sunset, with rocky mountains, rice fields and a winding river forming a highland landscape. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Chieng Sinh valley at sunset, with rocky mountains, rice fields and a winding river forming a highland landscape. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Sunset casts a golden glow over the rocky mountains and rice fields in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Sunset casts a golden glow over the rocky mountains and rice fields in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Ripening rice turns the fields golden between the surrounding mountain ranges in Chieng Sinh valley. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Ripening rice turns the fields golden between the surrounding mountain ranges in Chieng Sinh valley. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
A winding river runs through ripening rice fields at the foot of the mountains in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
A winding river runs through ripening rice fields at the foot of the mountains in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
A village sits among terraced rice fields, creating a characteristic highland landscape in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
A village sits among terraced rice fields, creating a characteristic highland landscape in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Terraced rice fields stretch alongside a village inhabited by the Thai ethnic community in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
Terraced rice fields stretch alongside a village inhabited by the Thai ethnic community in Chieng Sinh. (Photo: Xuan Tu/VNA)
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Golden rice fields in Chieng Sinh valley

As the rice harvest approaches, the Chieng Sinh valley in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien is covered in golden hues, with ripening fields stretching between rugged mountain ranges and villages nestled among the highland landscape.