Fansipan Fansipan Fansipan (Vietnamese: "Phan Xi Păng", ) is a mountain in Vietnam. At , it is the highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), hence its nickname "the Roof of Indochina". It is located in the Lào Cai Province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, 9 km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. The origin of the name "Phan Xi Păng" is unclear. The most accepted theory is that the name evolved from "Hủa Xi Pan" ("the tottering giant rock") - the name that the locals called the mountain based
River Pang north to flow through the villages of Tidmarsh and Pangbourne, eventually entering the Thames between Whitchurch Lock and Whitchurch Bridge. The valley of the River Pang between Compton and Bradfield is rather isolated, penetrated only by narrow country lanes. Because of this isolation, the valley has not become the residential commuter area that is much of Berkshire, and is still largely agricultural. The Pang hosts a large quantity of wildlife, and plays its own part towards being a part of the community, especially within Pangbourne itself. The river has a good head of wild brown trout "(Salmo trutta)" up to