Some 2,000 children and teenagers under 16 years old in the northern provine of Lai Chau recieved have free screening for congenital heart disease in a two-day charity programme.

Downpour and floods since June 23 left one person dead and three others missing in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau as of 6am of June 25, said the Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Four people have gone missing after being swept away by flash floods in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on early June 24, according to the provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Response, Search and Rescue.

National Assembly deputies and members of the People’s Council of Lai Chau province held a dialogue on June 21 with representatives of children in the northern mountainous province.

Authorities of the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau received Ambassador of Austria to Vietnam Thomas Schuller Gotzburg on May 7, on his working tour of the province to discuss cooperation in tourism, vocational training and agriculture between the province and Austrian localities in the coming time.

The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau announced its first African swine fever (ASF) outbreak on March 19, raising the total number of disease-hit localities nationwide to 20.

The Ministry of Finance and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on March 5 signed a loan worth over 188 million USD for a transport connectivity project in northern mountainous provinces.

Police in the northern province of Lai Chau have decided to start legal proceeding after an accident between a concrete mixer truck and a coach on National High No 4D through Tam Duong district which left 13 dead on September 15.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on August 10 instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide more than 618 tonnes of rice to the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

Landslides triggered by torrential rains claimed nine lives and left six others missing in Phong Tho district of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

Landslides triggered by prolonged downpours killed six local residents and left four missing and five others injured in Phong Tho district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on August 3.

The primitive landscape and time-honoured cultural values preserved by local people have helped turn Si Thau Thai village in Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province into a charming tourist destination.

The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau is preparing to evacuate local residents in areas prone to landslides as it braces for complicated weather over the next few days.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has sent the second batch of urgent aid worth over 870 million VND (37,900 USD) to victims of recent floods and landslides in the two northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang.