The first Red River Festival 2025 opened on the evening of November 19 in Lao Cai, bringing together provinces along the Red River in Vietnam and China’s Honghe Prefecture (Yunnan). Held under the theme “Where the Red River flows into Vietnam,” the event marked a new milestone in regional cultural cooperation.
Hop Thanh commune in Lao Cai province recently held the Hop Thanh Green Sticky Rice Festival 2025, in combination with experiential tourism activities. Under the theme “Fragrance of Hop Thanh Green Sticky Rice,” the event was organised with the participation of various departments, sectors, neighbouring communes and wards, as well as local businesses, attracting a large number of visitors from both inside and outside the province.
Condé Nast Traveler magazine has just announced the results of the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – a prestigious travel award voted by readers. With a score of 98.41/100, Topas Ecolodge (Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, Vietnam) ranks third.
The land of Suoi Giang in Lao Cai province is blessed by nature with towering, ancient Shan Tuyet tea trees that have stood the test of time. More than just an agricultural crop, Shan Tuyet tea has become a lifeblood, a cultural and economic symbol closely tied to generations of the H’mong ethnic people.
Lao Cai serves as a crucial point within the Southern Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the economic corridor linking Yunnan with Vietnam's Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi and Lao Cai.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 attended the inauguration ceremony of the resettlement area projects in three villages of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai which had been severely affected by flash floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi in early September.
Bac Ha White Plateau Festival 2024 opened in Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province, on December 1. This annual event is designed to preserve, and promote the rich cultural heritage of the local ethnic communities.
Black Chung cake is a distinctive type of Chung cake made by the Tay ethnic people in Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province. Traditionally prepared only for Tet (the Lunar New Year), it has now gained popularity and has become a sought-after delicacy among tourists visiting the region.
Made from chili peppers grown on highland hills with harsh climatic conditions, Muong Khuong chili sauce has a distinctive aroma and intense spiciness that is hard to match. Its unique flavour and special production method have turned the humble spice into a local specialty in the majestic mountainous region of Lao Cai province.
Localities in the northern mountainous border province of Lao Cai and Hekou district in China’s Yunnan province will bolster collaboration in the areas of economy, trade, and industrial parks in the time to come, heard a working session held in Lao Cai city on December 31.
Ho Chi Minh City and eight provinces in the expanded northwestern region hosted 69.2 million visitors in 2023, accounting for 105% of the set target and up nearly 28% year-on-year, heard a conference held in Lao Cai province on December 25 to review their tourism cooperation programme.
President Vo Van Thuong on September 23 attended a ceremony in Lao Cai to celebrate 65 years since Uncle Ho’s visit to the northern mountainous province.
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is a famous destination for both domestic and international tourists. It not only boasts beautiful and unspoiled natural landscapes, but also many unique cultural values of local ethnic minority groups. This is an important resource for socio-economic development, especially in tourism.
With unique cultural characteristics and a host of historical and cultural relic sites, Bac Ha district has carved out a name as an attractive tourism destination in the northwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai. After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, tourism on the “white plateau” has witnessed a strong recovery and the district has again become a unique tourism area.
The number of tourists visiting Lao Cai province in the first three months of 2023 totalled 2 million, a 316% increase compared to the same period of 2022, when it welcomed 480,500 visitors.
A golden tourism route connecting six destinations of Vietnam and China was launched on March 28, expected to help the two countries enhance cross-border tourism links.
The Immigration Division under the Department of Public Security of Lao Cai province, in conjunction with the Border Guard Station at the Lao Cai International Border Gate, on September 28 received a wanted Vietnamese man handed over by police in Hekou county in China’s Yunnan province.
With a diverse range of activities, including the introduction of new entertainment and tourism offerings, the Bát Xát autumn festival taking place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has made impressions on many visitors and also promotes the participation of ethnic minority groups in developing local tourism.
Despite having the same main ingredients as the “banh chung” cake made by the Kinh people, of glutinous rice, pork, and mung beans, the “banh chung gu den” (or black hunchback chung cake) made by ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has its own taste and shape.
