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Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

By Hai Linh, Quang Thien   December 27, 2022 | 09:01 pm PT Google Get VnExpress first in Google Search info See more of the news you trust. Make VnExpress a preferred source to prioritise our updates in your Google search results
Four days before the New Year Mount Fansipan in Sa Pa has been blanketed under two centimeters of snow, which fell for the first time this winter.
Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

At around 5 a.m. Wednesday it began to snow on the 3,143-meter mountain.

Fansipan is famous for its trekking tours and its peak houses a complex of Buddhist pagodas and temples.

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

The temperature this morning in Sa Pa was measured at zero degrees Celsius and it has sometimes plunged to minus 5 degrees.

Luu Minh Hai, former director of the Lao Cai Provincial Hydro-meteorological Station, said snowfall would continue for the next few days.

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

A thick layer of snow on a flagpole platform at the top of Fansipan.

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

A path from a temple to the top of the mountain is covered with snow and visibility is limited.

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

A bronze Buddha statue at the top on Mount Fansipan that appears magical amid the snow.

Installed in 2015, the statue is 21.5 meters tall and its pedestal is decorated with a dragon and flowers.

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

Mai Quang Thien, an employee of Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist complex, said: "Snow fell from early morning to 8:40 a.m. There is light rain on Fansipan and the snow is starting to melt."

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

Snow blankets Kim Son Bao Thang Tu Temple situated at an altitude of 3,100 m and five minutes on foot to the top of Fansipan.

Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

Plants on Fansipan are covered by a thick layer of ice.

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Snow covers Mount Fansipan as temperatures plunge

Snow covers Mount Fansipan in Sa Pa on December 28, 2022.

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