Lào Cai Province than with snowing conditions. Fog and frost are a common phenomenon in the province. Lào Cai is a mountainous region. In the northwest of the province is Phan Xi Păng (also called Fansipan; elevation , snow covered during winter season), Vietnam's highest mountain. It is located in the Hoàng Liên Sơn and the Hoàng Liên National Park. The Sa Pa Mountains form the western part of the province. While the province is drained by over 100 rivers, the main river that bisects the province is the Red River, (), the most significant river of northern Vietnam, which flows out of
Phan Thong District Today, more than 3,000 Catholics reside on the land. The community, the largest landholder in the area, is under pressure from developers to sell the property to feed the industrialization fostered by the Eastern Economic Corridor. Phan Thong is divided into 11 sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 76 administrative villages ("mubans"). There are two sub-district municipalities ("thesaban tambons") in the district: There are eight subdistrict administrative organisations (SAO) in the district: Phan Thong District Phan Thong (, ) is a district ("amphoe") of the province of Chonburi in Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Bang Pakong, Ban