Over the past 10 years, Lao Cai province has achieved many outstanding achievements in implementing Directive 40-CT/TW of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership over social credit policy work. Known as a mountainous border province with low starting economic conditions, Lao Cai has overcome many challenges to create an amazing transformation.
On the afternoon of August 23, at the Provincial Conference Center, the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Lao Cai Province - 2024 took place.
Clearly identifying the role as the core force in ensuring security and order at the grassroots level, in recent times, Van Ban District Police have proactively grasped the local situation, been close to the people, done a good job of preventing and effectively combating all types of crimes and social evils, which have been recognized and highly appreciated by local Party committees, authorities and people. Thereby, the security and order situation has been maintained, with no hot spots or complicated incidents.
On the afternoon of August 28, at the Provincial Convention Center, Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thai Embassy in Vietnam to organize the Lao Cai - Thailand Connection program with the theme: Lao Cai - a successful destination.
In recent years, Lao Cai province has actively implemented the "First 1000 days of life" model with the goal of improving the nutritional and health status of ethnic minority mothers and children.
The culinary competition is one of the attractive activities at the Cultural and Sports Festival of Van Ban District’s ethnic groups. The competition attracted 21 teams from communes and towns in the district, with members who are skilled cooks and knowledgeable about local traditional cuisine.
The 2024 Van Ban District Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival is taking place with many attractive cultural, artistic and sports activities, attracting thousands of people and tourists from all over the world, creating a vibrant and bustling atmosphere, making the holiday more meaningful.
The Tinh (tinh tau) is a vibrant cultural part, imbued with the identity of the Tay community in the Northern midland and mountainous provinces. In Lao Cai, changes in modern life and shifts in traditional culture have caused fewer and fewer people to know and preserve the craft of making Tinh or to make quality instruments, beautiful instruments, and good tones.
During the 4-day National Day holiday of September 2 (from August 31 to September 3), Lao Cai welcomed about 196,500 visitors. The number of tourists to localities increased slightly compared to the September 2, 2023 holiday, with Sa Pa town alone welcoming about 122,770 visitors, an increase of 33.2% compared to the September 2, 2023 holiday.
Sa Pa, a famous tourist destination in the North, quickly recovered after the storm thanks to close coordination between the community, businesses, and local authorities.
