Lào Cai is a city in the Northwest region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Lào Cai Province. The city borders the city of Hekou Yao Autonomous County, in Yunnan province of southwest China.
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Sa Pa or Sapa, was a frontier township and capital of former Sa Pa District, now a ward of Sa Pa town in Lào Cai Province in north-west Vietnam.
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Fansipan is a mountain in Vietnam. The height of the mountain was 3,143 metres in 1909, but now the height of the mountain is 3,147.3 metres. It is the highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula, hence its nickname "the Roof of Indochina".
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⛰️ Highland 🌲 Nature reserveLào Cai is a city in northern Vietnam, near the border with China. It is the capital of Lào Cai Province and the largest city in the province. Lào Cai is also the gateway to Vietnam's northwestern mountainous region, which is home to several ethnic minority groups.
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