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The border town of Lào Cai, which lies along the Red River and is the provincial capital has now prospered due to trade with China and is a booming city with a community of millionaires. Since 2006, Lào Cai has had city status and is the largest town in the region. An airport is planned to be built by 2020. [19] [22]
Lào Cai ([làːw kāːj] ⓘ) is a city in the Northwest region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Lào Cai Province . The city borders Bảo Thắng District , Bát Xát District , Sa Pa and the city of Hekou Yao Autonomous County , in Yunnan province of southwest China .
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
Sa Pa District is in Lào Cai Province, northwest Vietnam, 380 km northwest of Hanoi close to the border with China. The Hoàng Liên Sơn range of mountains dominates the district, which is at the eastern extremity of the Himalayas. This range includes Vietnam's highest mountain, Fan Si Pan, at a height of 3143 m above sea level.
Northern midland and mountainous (Vietnamese: Trung du và miền núi Bắc Bộ), before 1954 known as the Midland and upstream is the mountain area and sell-mountain in Northern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Bắc Bộ).
(Bắc Bộ, Miền Bắc) Northwest (Tây Bắc Bộ) Điện Biên; Hòa Bình; Lai Châu; Lào Cai; Sơn La; Yên Bái; 44,301.1 5,415,000 100.37 Contains inland provinces in the west of Vietnam's northern region. Two of them are along Vietnam's border with Laos, and three border China (Dien Bien borders both China and Laos). Northeast ...
Fansipan is the tallest mountain in the Hoang Lien Son range, situated on the border of Lào Cai and Lai Châu provinces, with its peak located on the Lào Cai side. The mountain is part of Hoàng Liên National Park. It has a topographic prominence of 1,617 metres (5,305 ft), ranking sixth in Vietnam. [2]
Lào Cai: District: Si Ma Cai: Time zone: UTC+7 (UTC + 7) Si Ma Cai is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Si Ma Cai District, Lào Cai Province, Vietnam. [1]