Sa Pa 15th century and represent local cadastres. Then came the highland minorities of the Hmong and Yao. The township is one of the main market ones in the area, where several ethnic minority groups such as Hmong, Dao (Yao), Giáy, Pho Lu, and Tày live. These are the four main minority groups still present in Sa Pa district today. The Kinh (lowland Vietnamese) never originally colonised this highest of Việt Nam’s valleys, which lies in the shadow of Phan-Xi-Pǎng (Fansipan, 3143 m), the highest peak in the country. It was only when the French debarked in highland Tonkin in the late
Sophia Pang Antarctic Expedition, and which included women from New Zealand, Jamaica, India, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Ghana and Brunei. Pang was the person who secured the Kaspersky sponsorship for the team by contacting their Singapore distributor. Pang underwent a five-month training program to get ready for the trip. The expedition left on 22 November 2009 from Messner Start, which is around 900 kilometers from the pole. Pang and her team reached the South Pole at around 6 am, Singapore Time, on 30 December 2009. Pang was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014. Sophia Pang Sophia Pang (born 1972)