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Administrative units (03/17/2014)
Lao Cai have one Lao Cai city1 and 8 districts:Sa Pa, Bat Xat, Bao Yen, Bao Thang, Si Ma Cai, Van Ban, Muong Khuong, Bac Ha, with 164 communes, wards and townships.
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The natural conditions (03/17/2014)
Geographical location: Lao Cai province is mountainous border, halfway between the North East and North West of Vietnam, 296 km from Hanoi by the railway and 345 km by road. Natural Area: 6383.88 km2 (accounting for 2.44% of the country's largest province with an area of 19/64 provinces and cities nationwide).
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Natural Resources (03/17/2014)
 Land: Lao Cai has natural area extensive about 6383.88 km2, fertile, diverse includes 10 group land with 30 major soil types, suitable for many different crops. Among them: 84 181 hectares of agricultural land, 334 301 hectares of forest land, 20,404 hectares of land used exclusively, at 3,895 hectares of land for life.
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History of Lao Cai province (03/17/2014)
Lào Cai has been known since ancient times (more than ten thousand years) as a historic trading post . Under Hung Vuong Empire , Lao Cai was named Tan Hung- one of 15 regions of Van Lang State - an economic and political center at upstream of Red River. Under the Dinh, Ly, Tran, Le Empire, Lao Cai’s border was change dramatically. By the Nguyen dynasty, Lao Cai was mainly an area of Thuy Vy, Van Ban, an other part belonged to Chieu Tan and a small part belonged to Luc Yen, Quy Hoa. At that period, Lao Cai today was not established.
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The potential for tourism development (03/17/2014)
 Lao Cai Province has a plentiful, diversity tourism resource with its unique feature such as: Fansipan Mountain – A highest peak in Indochina; Some places have cool climate whole in whole year as Sapa and Bac Ha;There are historic sites are ranked; there are 25 ethnic groups living together with the cultural characteristics of the writing, costume, houses’ architecture, culinary, spirituality…
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