millennium was planted by amateur climbers on the nation’s highest
mountain - Fansipan peak at 3,143 m above sea level - in the northern
province of Lao Cai on Nov. 2.
The flag planting
ceremony was the culmination of an international contest for tourists
hosted by the Lao Cai authorities and the Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism in celebration of Hanoi ’s 1,000-year
anniversary.
Nguyen Tien Vung, who won the
competition’s second stage at the 2,800m altitude, earned the honour to
plant the flag on the peak dubbed the ‘roof of Indochina ’.
In the evening of the same day, a closing ceremony of the international competition was held in Sa Pa town.
Besides an individual prize for Vung and an collective prize for the
team of businesses in eight northwestern provinces, the organisers also
presented four prizes for best collections of photos of Fansipan and the
competition.
The two-day and one-night tour to climb
up the Fansipan and plant the flag marking the Thang Long-Hanoi’s
birthday included three stages, with the first beginning at the Nui Xe
mountain to the 2,200m altitude, the second from the 2,200m to 2,800m
altitude and the last stage – from the 2,800m to the highest peak.
The tour aimed to promote the tourist potentials of Lao Cai province and the country as well./.
