The annual Thuong Temple Festival attracts visitors to visit and worship.

There are 8 ranked historical relics in Lao Cai city, of which 3 are ranked national monuments (Thuong temple, Mau temple, Cam temple) and 5 relics are ranked. provincial relics (Doi Co temple and Cam Lo pagoda, Quan temple, Van Hoa temple, Cam Duong revolutionary relic area, C17 technical and professional center historic site - Ministry of Public Security). The city also has a national intangible cultural heritage ranked in 1996 as the Thuong Temple Festival, whose hundreds of years old banyan tree has been recognized as the Vietnam Heritage Tree.

In addition, Lao Cai city has been restoring and reappearing in order to preserve the rituals of ethnic minorities such as the ceremony of dignity, the Nôm of the Dao; Then ritual of the Tay people; Tong festival of the Tay and Giay ethnic groups; decorative art in costumes of the Xa Pho ethnic group ...

The work of preserving, preserving and promoting the values of monuments and landscapes in the city area has been paid special attention by the Party Committee, authorities and people of the city to preserve the legacy of their ancestors. At the same time, effectively implementing Central Resolution 5 (term VIII) on building, preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the ethnic groups of Vietnam. Lao Cai City Party Committee, term XXII, term 2015 - 2020 has developed and implemented Project No. 10 on "Development of culture - culture, fitness - sports associated with preserving cultural identity. nation; building a civilized, polite, friendly and disciplined Lao Cai city people ”.

After the project was implemented, the whole political system from the city to primary level raised awareness, responsibility for propaganda and dissemination of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Cultural Heritage. the legal provisions on the conservation, museum, restoration, embellishment and promotion of historical - cultural relics, intangible cultural heritages in the city. In which, outstanding is the successful construction of the publication "10 years of building and developing Lao Cai city" and the publication "Lao Cai city - spiritual cultural historical relic". The publications have contributed to promoting to people and visitors the history, culture, socio-economy, monuments, landscapes, and landscapes in the city. Thereby forming a sense of protection, preservation and promotion of cultural identity associated with tourism development of the people.

To improve the quality of service to tourists, Lao Cai city has stepped up the restoration, embellishment, repair and upgrading of many relics items with a budget of more than 56 billion VND. Coordinate with relevant branches and localities to welcome and guide visitors to visit cultural historical sites and festivals to ensure convenience, safety and attentiveness. Determining to preserve and promote cultural values to contribute to tourism development, Lao Cai city has actively collected, restored and built spacious historical relics but still ensured tradition. Up to now, there are 4 tourist spots recognized by the Provincial People's Committee, including: Spiritual tourist site of Thuong temple, Mau temple (Lao Cai ward); the spiritual tourist site of Doi Co temple, Cam Lo pagoda (Binh Minh ward); spiritual tourist sites of Quan and Cam temples (Pho Moi ward); spiritual tourist destination Van Hoa temple (Van Hoa commune). The number of tourists coming to the city in recent years has continuously increased. As of October 2019, the city welcomed 2.89 million visitors, up 37% over the same period in 2018; Revenue from tourism increased by more than 40%. Tourism development has created an important resource to invest in the management, conservation and promotion of cultural heritage values, as a driving force for the development of trade and services.

The management, conservation and promotion of the cultural heritage value of the city has obtained important results. In the coming time, the government and people of Lao Cai city, especially the culture and information sector, will continue to promote propaganda about the implementation of the Law on Cultural Heritage, and invest resources for conservation. cultural heritage, development of traditional cultural values ...