It's October, autumn in northern Vietnam, and the sunflowers in the fields with their golden heads as wide as sombreros lifted towards the sun are more beautiful than any other time of the year.
It’s October, autumn in northern Vietnam, and the sunflowers in the fields with their golden heads as wide as sombreros lifted towards the sun are more beautiful than any other time of the year.
Two youth marvel at the hectares of sunflowers with their yellow flowerheads undulating across the fields before them in Nghe An Province.
Just looking at a whole field of bright yellow sunflowers, it’s an incredible sight, they say.
Sown in the spring, sunflowers grow by early fall into mature plants up to 1.5 metres tall.
Another favourite sunflower field can be found in Bac Ninh City.
The field is near an old pagoda in the Khac Niem Ward of Bac Ninh City.
Buddhist followers sow the fields.
Sunflower field in the Tam Xa Commune of the Dong Anh District of Hanoi.
The sunflower field is 10 kilometres from central Hanoi.