Mt. Fansipan up 12 places in new world wonders vote
Vietnam’s Fansipan mountain has jumped 12 places to the 13th position among 77 candidates in the online voting for seven new world natural wonders launched by the NewOpen World.
According
to the Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism department of the
northern mountainous Lao Cai Province Tran Huu Son, the advancement was
attributed to a campaign launched by the province from early October to
the end of December.
Lao Cai Province is preparing for a
Fansipan climbing competition to open in Sa Pa town on Nov. 14. The
competition expects to attract 300 climbers.
Fansipan is the
highest peak in Indochina at 3,143 m. It is dubbed “the Roof of
Indochina”. The mountain is to be approved as one of the very few
ecotourist spots of Vietnam with 2,024 floral varieties and 327 faunal
species.
