Secretary of the Sa Pa Town Party Committee Phan Dang Toan gave an overview of the socio-economic development situation of Sa Pa in recent times at a reception for the delegation of Pingbian County, Yunnan province (China).

On September 23, representatives of the Honghe County Health Department (Yunnan province, China) and the Health Department of Lao Cai province (Vietnam) met to discuss measures for promoting medical cooperation between the two sides.

On September 19, the delegations of Lao Cai city and Hekou district met to discuss the supervision of a border river embankment building project.

Heavy rain in Lao Cai province on September 12 night had caused flash flood and landslides in several areas, killing two people, missing four people and washing away many local residents’ property in Lien Minh Commune.

Lao Cai province takes the development of the border gate economy, manufacturing and processing industry, tourism, and commodity agriculture as the driving force.

In recent years, transportation infrastructure in the area has been invested in a synchronous, modern, focused direction, integrating resources to improve investment efficiency.

A woman in the northern tourist town of Sapa has been fined VND 22 million for forcing her two small children to sell products to tourists in the area.

A kindergarten school made of recycled plastic – the first of this kind in Vietnam, was put into operation on September 9 in Cao Son commune in Muong Khuong district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The Kim Thanh II international border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai suspended import-export activities from today, July 4, after China discovered Vietnamese goods having the coronavirus.

Vietnamese enterprises should be cautious before transporting agricultural products to Lao Cai's Kim Thanh II border gate for export to minimise losses although Chinese authorities are piloting the re-import of these products.