Flag raising ceremony on the top of Fansipan.    Photo: Documentation

It's not easy for a poor mountainous province with many ethnic groups, from a low starting point along with poverty and drawbacks, which has held back so many years when the province is far away. Re-establishing the province was reaching out to the highland villages, to the ethnic minorities... I have met and talked to many people in Lao Cai in the early days of re-establishing the province, after 30 years they all share the same feelings about the change in the borderland of red rice flowers beside the Red river and Chay river. That first generation, the survivors, the dead, but also since then, those born in 1991 and after, gradually continued, gradually approached and stayed together for the developing Lao Cai, enough to see the compatible strength and unanimity of the people of Lao Cai, of the people who consider Lao Cai as their second homeland, because they love this land, they stay, stick to it, and build it.

Lao Cai has made spectacular breakthrough according to each milestone, through each leadership term... At each stage, the remarks of creativity, unwavering faith and achievements were the leverage and fulcrums of tomorrow and successive terms. At each stage, there were remarks of the enthusiasm, the united efforts of the whole political system, the people who rose up with their own energy. With bold decisions at each moment, success was the existence of apperance, but there were also profound lessons, opening for change in the next stage. These were the key programs and thematic projects and resolutions at each congress.

Modern frontier city.   photo: Huy Truong  (Provincial Radio - Television Station)

Friends who return to this city after 30 years are surprised at a vibrant border of urban high-rise buildings, vertical streets, modern bridges instead of ferries - creating should be firmly hyphenated to help promote economic and trade. After 1991, existing bridges on the Red River, Chay River and people's bridges crossing streams in the countryside in the province are perceived as convenient traffic, but there is a whole economic underground circuit. Economic flows in the common flow of the province and the whole country, increasingly developing, not only connecting between regions - Lao Cai is also an important bridge between the two countries.

The Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway has only been in operation for 7 years, but many tourists have come to Lao Cai, Sa Pa, Bac Ha, Y Ty, and many shipments from three regions to the border gate to cross the border. friend country China. Now, in the last days to round the number of 30 years, on the viaduct connecting the Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway to Sa Pa National Tourist Area is rushing the stages to wait for the day of the long meeting, to No more scenes of tourist convoys extending the congestion for many hours on Highway 4D. All exist a step, a present that has witnessed the tough times of yesterday to continue tomorrow with many aspirations…

Construction of Mong Sen bridge - a project to celebrate 30 years of re-establishment of the province.       photo: Viet Vinh

Confirming itself after 30 years with landmarks, the first 2 communes of the country voluntarily removed from the list of communes 135, being the first province to complete the demarcation and planting of landmarks on the Vietnam - China border; being commended by the Prime Minister for achievements in new rural construction; continuously "positioned" in the top of the provinces and cities with the leading provincial competitiveness index of the whole country; specialty agricultural products of Lao Cai ethnic minorities have confirmed their brand names, have been listed on electronic trading floors, following in the footsteps of foreign traders; The golden faces of sports and education in Lao Cai have been named and honored at international awards and world arenas... Just that much is enough to add vivid colors and colors. bright on the socio-economic picture of Lao Cai province.

10,950 days, 1,560 weeks is the number of efforts and efforts of all in each stage, creating each stepping stone to leap forward. Lao Cai has grown strongly, from the starting point of being the poorest province in the country, by creative and breakthrough steps, it has spread its wings to become the leading province in the Northwest region and the top of 14 central provinces. du, northern mountainous region. The milestone of 30 years of re-establishing the province today will add a link for the Party, government, people and armed forces of Lao Cai province to continue a new journey, the way to strive to become a developed province of the country in the near future.