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Lào Cai is a province of the mountainous Northwest region of Vietnam bordering the province of Yunnan in China. [6] The province covers an area of about 6,364 km 2 (2,457 sq mi) [1] and as of 2024 it had a population of 799,900 people.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
The town was invaded by China in 1979 and the border was closed until 1993. [3] [4]On 20 February 2025 the Vietnamese parliament approved an $8 billion railroad investment to upgrade under Xi Jinping's Belt and road initiative the old French-built Kunming–Haiphong railway, which serves the Chinese border city Hekou Yao, Lao Cai, Hanoi and Haiphong.
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
For centuries before the Lê dynasty, the Vietnamese and Lao polities existed side by side and frequently interacted. The Vietnamese chronicles records growing clashes between various Tai polities with the Viet court in the 1320s and 1330s, specifically the Ngưu Hống of Sip Song Chau Tai and the Ailao of Houaphanh and Vientiane. [11]
Bảo Thắng is a rural district of Lào Cai province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2020, the district had a population of 103,262. [1] The district covers an area of 651.98 km². The district capital lies at Phố Lu. [2]
From four chronicles An Nam chí lược, An Nam chí nguyên, An Nam lai uy đồ sách and Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, its name Lạng Sơn (Chinese: 谅山, Nungz: Phja-lủng [note 2]) was originated from Tlủng-san in ancient Annamese language, [note 3] which means "valleys (lũng) + mountains (sơn)" in modern Vietnamese.
The postal code system of Vietnam has officially been changed from 6 digits to 5 digits. Each country has its own separate postal code or zip code system. The postal code of Vietnam is composed of 5 digits, with the following meanings: [2] [3] The first digit determines the area code.