Keyword: "northwestern mountainous region"

As spring arrives in Vietnam’s northwestern mountainous region, Fansipan peak - dubbed the “Roof of Indochina” - has cloaked itself in the vibrant yellow of canola fields in full bloom.

The rainy season festival, called “De khu cha”, is one of the seven major traditional festivals of the Ha Nhi ethnic group in the northwestern mountainous region of Vietnam.

People of the Thai ethnic minority group in the northwest of Vietnam believe that Pa Ping Top tastes the best when serving with sticky rice, “cham cheo” sauce and corn wine.

The northwestern mountainous region has huge potential and advantages for tourism development as it boasts beautiful landscapes and historical sites, rich natural resources, diverse ecology and cultures of ethnic minority groups.

About six to eight storms and low pressures are forecast to operate in the East Sea in the rest of the year, with two or three of them directly affecting Vietnam, especially the central region.

The northwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai has made bold investment in developing tourism in an effort to make it a key economic sector.

The Northwestern mountainous region has the highest number of poor and near-poor households, which account for more than half of its total households.