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 Khôi "Tràng An" (1934). In 1956, Phan Khôi led the "Nhân Văn" - "Giai Phẩm" movement in Hanoi, and he served as editor in chief as well as the publisher of the "Nhân Văn" (1956). He also contributed to the "Giai Phẩm" periodical and "Văn", a weekly publication. Some leading Vietnamese intellectuals in the north of the country, like Nguyễn Hữu Đang and Trần Đức Thảo (1917–1993), joined Phan Khoi to express their ideals in the "Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm" Movement, demanding freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and democracy. They accused the Vietnamese Communist Party of violating the