VOV.VN - The Lao Cai International Tourism Fair will be held at Dinh Le Square in the northern mountainous city of Lao Cai from June 5 to 8, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam and China have signed seven important cooperation documents in the railway and road sectors, including two intergovernmental treaties, two official development assistance (ODA) agreements between the two governments, and three ministerial-level accords.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Lao Cai is set to introduce a range of new tourism products in a bid to attract more visitors and strengthen its reputation as a natural, safe, and unique travel destination.

A business networking event was held in Lao Cai province on March 14 to advance the Prime Minister’s vision of transforming the northern border locality into a trade and economic hub connecting Vietnam and ASEAN with southwest China.

Secretary of the Lao Cai provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee Trinh Xuan Truong discussed potential collaboration with Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Yaron Mayer during a meeting in Lao Cai city on February 19.

The northern province of Lao Cai expects to welcome about 360,000 visitors during the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays from January 25 to February 2, an increase of 40% year-on-year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The total trade of goods through the Kim Thanh International Road Border Gate No. 2 in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai had exceeded US$1.6 million as of 2 p.m. on January 1, of which nearly US$929,000 came from exports.

VOV.VN - Due to the influence of a strong cold air mass from the North, frost appeared again at the summit of Fansipan on December 31, with temperatures dropping below 0°C.

VOV.VN - Frost appeared on the Fansipan mountain peak in Sa Pa town in the northern Lao Cai province on the early morning of December 23 as the temperature plunged to below one degree Celsius.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the construction site of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project and attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a social housing project in Lao Cai city in the northern mountainous province of the same name on December 22.