Japan helps promote economic empowerment for Lai Chau’s young ethnic people

Japan helps promote economic empowerment for Lai Chau’s young ethnic people

A project on economic empowerment for young ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has had many activities to create livelihoods, promote gender equality, and facilitate youth development after two years of implementation.
Lai Chau Airport may be invested in with PPP

Lai Chau Airport may be invested in with PPP

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has just sent an official dispatch on the investment in Lai Chau Airport, which is to be constructed under the PPP forrmat.
Lai Chau holds first marathon on Pavi ancient stone road

Lai Chau holds first marathon on Pavi ancient stone road

Up to 88 professional athletes from provinces and cities across the country, and Japan took part in a marathon on Pavi ancient stone road which ended on April 24 in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.
600 artisans to join second Thai ethnic cultural festival

600 artisans to join second Thai ethnic cultural festival

As many as 600 artisans and artists from Thai ethnic groups of Son La, Lai chau, Yen Bai, Thanh Hoa and Dien Bien provinces are expected to join the second Thai ethnic cultural festival in Dien Bien from October 18 to 20.
HEINEKEN Vietnam supports clean water supply in Lai Chau province

HEINEKEN Vietnam supports clean water supply in Lai Chau province

HEINEKEN Vietnam and the People’s Committee of Than Uyen district of Lai Chau today held the official ground-breaking ceremony for a clean water station.
Lai Chau supports sustainable poverty alleviation

Lai Chau supports sustainable poverty alleviation

The north-western mountainous province of Lai Chau has implemented various measures to boost local living standards in line with the provincial Party Committee’s resolution on sustainable poverty alleviation for 2016 – 2020.
Grandiose beauty of Ta Lien Son forest in Lai Chau

Grandiose beauty of Ta Lien Son forest in Lai Chau

Ta Lien Son forest is at an altitude of 2,993m above seawater level. Located in Ta Leng commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province, it is one of the primeval forests in the Hoang Lien Son range.
Royal City, 2F, and Systech charity groups hand over new school

Royal City, 2F, and Systech charity groups hand over new school

A group of charity organisations have held the inauguration ceremony and officially handed over a new primary school in Lai Chau province.
Floods, landslides leave 19 dead, 11 missing in Lai Chau, Ha Giang

Floods, landslides leave 19 dead, 11 missing in Lai Chau, Ha Giang

Flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the past days had left 19 dead, 11 missing and 12 injured in the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang by 16:00 on June 26.
Floods, landslides in northern provinces claim 15 lives

Floods, landslides in northern provinces claim 15 lives

As of 9:00am on June 26, floods and landslides caused by heavy rains claimed 15 lives in the northern mountainous provinces of Ha Giang and Lai Chau, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Dao San market reflects a panorama of Lai Chau life

Dao San market reflects a panorama of Lai Chau life

Dao San, a market located in the northern mountains at an elevation of 1,500 meters, is not only a rendezvous for local  people to meet each other, trade agricultural products and make friends, but also an exciting destination for visitors to the Lai Chau province.
Battleground transformed

Battleground transformed

Dien Bien is a mountainous province nearly 600 kilometres from Hanoi and can be reached by car or a 40 minute flight.The province was established early this year after a National Assembly resolution to split Lai Chau province into two provinces: Dien Bien and the new Lai Chau.