Thousands of tourists have flocked to a much-anticipated cultural event of the year in Bac Ha district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai – the traditional horse race.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat in Hanoi on May 8 to consider imposing disciplinary measures on several former officials of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

Bookings for hotel rooms during Lunar New Year (Tet) festival have surged since early January, especially in four and five-star resorts.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has built a strategy to popularise the Sa Pa- Fansipan tourism trademark till 2025 with a vision to 2030.

A serious landslide left one dead in Ban Ho commune in Sa Pa township of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 19 morning, reported the provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, and Search and Rescue.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, which borders China, remains on guard to prevent any new COVID-19 cases coming into the country as hundreds of Vietnamese migrant workers have returned from Vietnam’s northern neighbour via its border gate over the last few days.

Sun Group’s Sun World Fansipan Legend Company launched a winter festival at Sa Pa national tourism site in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on November 30.

A delegation from the Japanese Ministry of Defence led by Maj. Gen. Endo Makoto held a working session with the Border Guard Command of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on November 12.

Vietnamese runner Nguyen Tien Hung won Vietnam's biggest mountain race - Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VNM) 2019 - the seventh of its kind, in Sa Pa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The height of the Fansipan peak in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, the highest mountain in Indochina, was actually 3,147.3 metres, according to the Department of Survey Mapping and Geographic Information under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Four projects of students in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, which had won prizes in the Vietnam Science and Engineering Fair (ViSEF) in 2019, have been selected to join the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in the US in May this year.

The second stage of the United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) has benefited over 6,000 residents in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

Vietnam’s Sun Group inaugurated the first five-star international boutique hotel Hotel de la Coupole – MGallery by Sofitel in Sa Pa resort district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on December 15.

The Sa Pa winter festival 2018 is underway in Sa Pa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai with a wide range of splendid activities.

The annual Sa Pa international mountain marathon 2018, the sixth of its kind, took place in Sa Pa district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on September 21-23, as part of the Sa Pa autumn festival 2018.

The annual Sa Pa Summer Tourism Festival 2018, the third of its kind, kicked off at Sa Pa resort town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on April 28.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is buzzing with several spring festivals to pray for a prosperous year.

Another intense cold spell hit the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on January 31 with the temperature going down to 1.2 degrees Celsius, according to the local weather forecast station.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will put into use 344 works with 864 classrooms before August 30 to serve the new school year.

A ceremony was held on February 19 in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as part of a project to plant perennial trees along the Hanoi-Lao Cai highway.