This is the first time that the province has received snowfall this year.
The Sa Pa Hydro-meteorological Station said that the local roads were blanketed with 5 to 10 centimetre thick snow in Bat Xat Districts Y Ty Commune.
A sudden cold spell which hit the northern provinces yesterday was blamed for the snowfall and heavy rains in the locality, the station said.
The temperature at 7 am today was minus 0.2 degree Celsius in Sa Pa Town.
According to the NationalCentrefor Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, the cold spell is likely to last at least three days
