Heavy rains mixed with snow occurred on Mount Fansipan in Sa Pa township, the northern province of Lao Cai, in early morning of December 28, covering the top of the highest mountain in Indochina at an altitude of 2,800m.
Lao Cai (VNA) – Heavy rains mixed with snowoccurred on Mount Fansipan in Sa Pa township, the northern province of Lao Cai, in early morning of December 28, covering the top of the highest mountainin Indochina at an altitude of 2,800m.
Snowfall started in the mountain peak as temperature fellbelow minus 1 degree Celsius. The snow rain lasted about three hours from 5am. Currently,snow is still falling heavily on the top of the 3,143-m mount.
The snow rain lasted about three hours from 5am (Photo: VNA)
Luu Minh Hai, former director of the Lao Cai Hydro-meteorologicalStation, said that this snowfall is similar to that of February 2021. Hepredicted that on the following days, snow and rain will continue to fall andcover the top of Fansipan.
The majestic beauty of the mountains and forests combinedwith the snowy scene give Sa Pa a look of a fairyland. The site is expected todraw a large number of visitors as the New Year holiday is coming.
On December 28 morning, the Sun World Fansipan Legend cablecar brought the first visitors to the top of Fansipan to enjoy this impressivescene./.
The majestic beauty of the mountains and forests combined with the snowy scene give Sa Pa a look of a fairyland (Photo: VNA)
The temperature fell below 0 degree Celsius on December 28 (Photo: VNA)
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Snow covers top of Mount Fansipan (Photo: VNA) 
The snow rain lasted about three hours from 5am (Photo: VNA) 
The majestic beauty of the mountains and forests combined with the snowy scene give Sa Pa a look of a fairyland (Photo: VNA)
The temperature fell below 0 degree Celsius on December 28 (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
