LAI CHAU TOURISM INFORMATION

LAI CHAU PROVINCE Square: 9,562.9  km 2 . Population: 382,4 thousand people (2010) Town: Lai Chau Town. Districts: Phong Tho, Tam Duong, Muong Te, Sin Ho, Than Uyen. OVERVIEW Tourists are interesting in custom of ethnic groups in Sin Ho Village or Tam Duong Townlet. They also fond of other sites such as: Tien Son Cave, Muong Lai Spring. Terraced fields - Lai Chau Province GEOGRAPHY Lai Chau is situated on high...

LAI CHAU PROVINCE

Square: 9,562.9  km2.

Population: 382,4 thousand people (2010)

Town: Lai Chau Town.

Districts: Phong Tho, Tam Duong, Muong Te, Sin Ho, Than Uyen.

LAI CHAU OVERVIEW

Tourists are interesting in custom of ethnic groups in Sin Ho Village or Tam Duong Townlet. They also fond of other sites such as: Tien Son Cave, Muong Lai Spring.

LAI CHAU GEOGRAPHY

Lai Chau is situated on high mountainous region in the North West of Vietnam, northern of Da River. Its neighbors are Yunna (China) on the north, Laos on the west, Lao Cai Province on the north-east, Dien Bien, Son La provinces on the south.

A range of mountain following Northern West - Southern East makes up the terrain The Pu Sa Leng point is 3,096m in height. There are sloping mountains, hill, valley, plateau, spring alternately. Falls and waterfalls with high flow are potential of hydroelectricity in Lai Chau.

LAI CHAU CLIMATE

Belong to tropical monsoon zone; the climate of Lai Chau is divided into two seasons: rain season and dry season. The annual average temperature is 21ºC - 23ºC.

LAI CHAU TOURISM

Tourists are interesting in custom of ethnic groups in Sin Ho Village or Tam Duong Townlet. They also fond of other sites such as: Tien Son Cave, Muong Lai Spring.

LAI CHAU TRANSPORT

The transportation is mainly by road. National Highway No.12 connects Dien Bien Phu City to Ma Lu Thang Border Gate crossing Lai Chau, and National Highway No.4D links Lai Chau with Sapa Townlet. Lai Chau Town is 406km from Hanoi.