Fansipan is the highest peak of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, so it is called the “Roof of Indochina” while the local people call it Huasipan. Huasipan means large tottering rock. Fansipan is 3,143 metres (2) ...... . It is in Lao Cai Province, nine kilometres southwest of Sa Pa Town (1) ....... Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan is now one of the very few ecotourist spots of Viet Nam, with about 2,024 varieties of plants and 327 types of animals and insects. Many tourists (4) ........... the mountain every year. If you climb the mountain from the end of February to March, you (5) ......... have a chance to admire the beautiful blooming flowers in many different colours.