The top of Fansipan Mountain in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, the highest peak in Indochina, has been blanketed in snow since Sunday afternoon as temperatures plummeted due to a cold front.

Snowfall appeared on the summit of Fansipan, seated in the province’s well-known tourist town of Sa Pa, at 3:45 pm on Sunday afternoon, Nguyen Xuan Chien, director of Sun World Fansipan Legend, a tourism area in the town, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper the same day.

“Currently, the temperature on the top of Fansipan is about 0 degrees Celsius and snow is falling," Chien said.

"It is forecast that tonight and tomorrow the temperature will continue to decrease, so heavier snowfall may come.”

Tourists present on the top of Fansipan on Sunday afternoon were very excited to witness the scene of tiny white snowflakes falling, said Quyen Anh Tuan, a staff member of the tourist area.

“Many tourists take photos and shoot wonderful moments right on the roof of Indochina,” Tuan said.

Early this year, a snowfall lasted from the morning of February 8 through the next morning on Fansipan, covering the peak with snow up to 60 centimeters deep, when the temperature plummeted to minus three degrees Celsius.

The cold weather pattern on Sunday resulted from a cold front that has been affecting most of the north-central region and some other places in the northwest area, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The cold front will gradually move southward to affect the middle- and south-central regions, the center forecast.

In the coming days, the temperature in Lao Cai will continue to decrease, said Luu Minh Hai, director of Lao Cai Hydro-Meteorological Station.

Lowland areas will turn cold while mountainous regions will be extremely cold and areas at an altitude of 2,600 meters or more are likely to experience frost and snowfall, Hai said.

Local residents, especially those in mountainous districts, need to take measures to protect young plants and livestock from possible damage caused by the cold weather in the coming days.

Due to the influence of the cold air combined with high-altitude wind convergence, the northern region and north-central Thanh Hoa Province had scattered rains and showers, while medium and heavy rains fell in the northern mountainous area on Sunday night.

The same weather conditions have been forecast for the region from Nghe An to Phu Yen Provinces on Monday.

From Monday through Tuesday, the northern and north-central regions will have temperatures from four to seven degrees Celsius in mountainous areas, and from nine to 12 degrees Celsius in other places.

High mountainous regions will have lower temperatures, even down to zero degrees Celsius, while snowfall and frost may occur during this period.

Meanwhile, the temperatures in the north-central part will range from 11 to 14 degrees Celsius.

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