Located between the Northwest and Northeast regions, Lao Cai has a strategic position and role in terms of geopolitics and geo-economics of the country in economic exchange, foreign affairs, and international cooperation with Yunnan province, the Southwest region (China).
Lao Cai prioritizes investment in education development, vocational training, and job creation for rural workers, particularly ethnic minorities, by effectively promoting capital from national target programs such as the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas. This establishes circumstances for ethnic minorities to have steady earnings and to alleviate poverty in a sustainable manner.
In recent years, Lao Cai city has made significant socioeconomic progress alongside the country's overall development and integration. With these accomplishments, Lao Cai city remains proactive in economic growth, capitalizing on and promoting the benefits of the Kunming-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong-Quang Ninh commercial corridor, as well as the potential for international border crossings in the area.
In the context of many challenges in mountainous education, Lao Cai has risen strongly with the determination to innovate and has achieved impressive results in universal education, teaching quality, facilities and student achievements.
On the afternoon of March 14, as part of the "Meeting 2025" event series, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Sinh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, hosted a courtesy meeting with Mr. Oudet Souvannavong, President of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Ms. Ingrid Christensen, Country Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Vietnam; and Mr. James Tan, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Business Chamber in Vietnam.
With the tradition of solidarity, will, aspiration to rise up, promote potential and advantages, Lao Cai is gradually building and affirming its position as the connecting center of the Northern Midlands and Mountains region.
Developing agriculture towards commodity production is considered one of the important solutions for the agricultural sector to catch up with the trend of modern agricultural development. This is also a direction to facilitate the application of scientific and technological advances in production, promote mechanization, promote production linkages along the value chain, create safe products from production to consumption to bring high economic value.
On the afternoon of March 7, in Hanoi, a delegation of Lao Cai province led by Mr. Trinh Xuan Truong, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, visited and worked with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam. The delegation included leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches.
In 2025, Lao Cai province sets an economic growth target of over 10%. Based on clearly identifying opportunities and challenges, under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, the direction, management and administration of the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee, all levels, sectors and localities of the province focus on synchronously and drastically implementing solutions to effectively attract investment resources, develop sectors and fields, and ensure growth scenarios.
Within the framework of a working trip to Lao Cai province, early in the afternoon of March 3, Mr. Ito Naoki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Vietnam signed an aid contract for 3 localities of Lao Cai province including: Bac Ha district, Bao Yen district and Bat Xat district.
