Two cold-chain freight trains carrying fruits and vegetables left southwest China's Yunnan province for Laos and Vietnam respectively on October 16, marking the launch of international cold-chain train services on China-Laos, China-Vietnam routes.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain which hit on the night of September 12 caused flash floods and landslides to hit several areas, resulting in the deaths of three people, leaving seven others missing in Sa Pa district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The management board of Lao Cai Economic Zone launched a digital feature at the Kim Thanh International Border Gate No. 2 in the northern province of Lao Cai on August 21, with an aim to reduce time and costs related to customs clearance for exports-imports through this border gate.

VOV.VN - The 23rd Vietnam - China International Trade Fair is scheduled to get underway in Lao Cai city of the northern province of the same name from November 10 to 15, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Deaprtment of Culture and Sports of the northern moutainous province of Lao Cai, and the Swami Vivekananda culture centre at the Indian Embassy in Vietnam co-organised a Vietnam - India art exchange programme in Lao Cai city on August 12.

VOV.VN - Bac Ha Autumn Festival 2023 is scheduled to take place in Bac Ha district of Lao Cai province from August to October, with the event featuring an array of fascinating cultural activities and sporting games.

A tourism promotion programme between Sa Pa township in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province and Mile city in Honghe county of China’s Yunnan province was held in the Vietnamese northern mountainous locality on July 18.

VOV.VN - The Indian Times recently published an article hailing the beauty of the rice terraces of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

Chairman of the People's Committee of northern Lao Cai province Trinh Xuan Truong on June 2 hosted a reception for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio, during which he showed the locality’s desire to further promote cooperation with Japanese partners.

VOV.VN - The People’s Court of Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam has sentenced to death a local woman charged with trading nearly 4 kilograms of Methamphetamine.