Snow blankets the northern mountainous provinces.

From the night of January 23rd and the early morning of January 24th, snow began to fall in some areas of Sa Pa (Lao Cai). Many tourists stayed up all night to admire the snow. By the morning of January 25th, the snow and ice had spread to many other places such as Mau Son (Lang Son), Moc Chau (Son La), Luc Ngan (Bac Giang), Khau Pha (Yen Bai), Yen Tu (Quang Ninh), Tam Dao (Vinh Phuc), and even Ba Vi National Park (Hanoi) was covered in white snow and ice.

According to the Central Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting Center, the northern and north-central provinces will continue to experience widespread severe cold weather from now until January 27th, with frost and snowfall continuing in mountainous areas.

A series of photos by author Le The Thang - Sapa in white snow, seen from above using a drone:

Panoramic view of Sapa

Central Square

Sapa Church

Town in the valley

Cloud Bridge Street

Sapa Valley

The Thanh