Many locations in the Sapa tourist region in northern Vietnam saw snowfall on the morning of March 16. This was the first time local people had witnessed this phenomenon since 2001. Nguyen Manh Ho, Director of the Lao Cai provincial Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre, said that temperatures ranged from 4-7 degrees Celsius in mountainous districts. Temperature was recorded at zero at a location 2km from the town of Sapa, where there was heavy snowfall since 5am. Many local people in the area were rushing to see the snow, which was 2.5cm thick in some places. However, this ‘interesting’ phenomenon in Sapa has also exerted considerable damage on vegetable gardens here.
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