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Nearly 3,000 book titles have been donated to impoverished children in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang at a book festival on April 12.

The border guard forces of Vietnam and China on April 11 conducted for the first time a joint patrol at provincial level along the shared border line in the Lao Cai-Hekou International Border Gate area.

Muong Hoa, Vietnam’s longest mountain rail route developed by Sun Group, was opened on March 31, connecting Sa Pa Town and the existing cable station to Fansipan Peak.

A train line connecting Sa Pa town and the Mount Fansipan cable car station will be put into operation on March 31.

The northern province of Lao Cai will use advanced technology to grow lilies and roses across a total area of 3.5 hectares in four wards and township of Sa Pa district.

Traditional wedding of the Red Dao in Bat Xat district of Lao Cai province is among cultural beauties of this unique ethnic minority group.

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

Low temperature along with drizzle and high humidity caused snowfall in many mountainous areas in the north such as O Quy Ho (Lao Cai), Cao Ma (Ha Giang), and Mau Son (Lang Son).

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.

As the temperature dropped to under 6 degrees Celsius, public schools in mountainous districts in Lao Cai closed on January 10-11, and nearly 30,000 pupils stayed at home.

Among the crowds of visitors in Sa Pa district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai in the early days of 2018, many chose to stay at the homes of local ethnic minority people to experience the unique culture first-hand.

Lebreton Didier, a passenger on Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN18 which landed at Noi Bai International Airport on the morning of January 1, became the first foreigner setting foot in Hanoi in 2018.

Sa Pa winter festival 2017 kicked off in Sa Pa resort town on December 23 as part of activities to promote tourism potential of the locality in the framework of the 2017 National Tourism Year.

Sa Pa winter festival 2017 will be organised in Sa Pa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai from December 23 with myriads of splendid activities.