A rubber plantation in Binh Long Town in Binh Phuoc Province, 200 kilometers from HCMC, whose changing colors dye the surrounding area in red and yellow.
Every year leaves on rubber trees in provinces like Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh and Dong Nai start changing color in late November, becoming a big draw for photographers and tourists.
A school girl rides through a rubber plantation in Duong Minh Chau District in Tay Ninh Province, 70 kilometers east of HCMC District.
Most plantations are in thinly populated areas, and so visitors are advised to take their own food and drinks.
An asphalt road leads to a rubber plantation in Long Khanh Town in HCMC's neighboring province of Dong Nai, which has more than 35,000 hectares of rubber, mainly in Long Khanh, Cam My, Long Thanh and Dinh Quan districts.
A rubber tree can be tapped for latex once it reaches around six years of age. Rubber is made from latex.
The latex harvest takes place from May to February.
Girls take photos in ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress) in a rubber forest in Cam My District in Dong Nai.
According to photographers, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. are the ideal times to shoot in rubber forests.
