Lai Chau Hotels

Lai Chau province is the most scarcely populated in Vietnam. It shares a border with China. It once was a province of the Lan Xang kingdom, then switched ownership to Vietnam during the French Colonial period. 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 hydroelectritown in Lai Chau. 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 21�C - 23�C. 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. The transportation is mainly by road. National Highway No.12 connects Dien Bien Phu town 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. The best known site is the battleground of Dien Bien Phu (2) where the French occupiers demonstrated to it's ignominy and shame, the futility of defending a valley. The inferior Vietamese Army delivered the resounding defeat in 1954, which resulted in the French being turfed out of northern Vietnam and HO, Chi Minh's declaration of independence