Lao Cai Lào Cai
Lao Cai ranks 22nd of 34 Vietnamese provinces on momentum. Its strongest lens is population growth (+1.2%, 7th); its weakest is job growth (+0.1%, 31st). More people moved out than in during 2025, a net loss of 6.3 per 1,000 residents. Of its former provinces, Yên Bái grew new business registrations fastest (−1.8%).
Formed on 1 July 2025 from Lào Cai and Yên Bái.
People
#7 of 34+1.2%average population, 2024 to 2025 (preliminary)
- Population
- 1,675,670
- Five-year change
- +6.2%
- Net migration
- −6.3 per 1,000 (2025)
Net migration is people moving in minus people moving out, per 1,000 residents. Positive means the province is gaining people from elsewhere.
Jobs
#31 of 34+0.1%employed workers, 2024 to 2025 (preliminary)
- Employed workers
- 759,440
Businesses
#25 of 34−1.9%newly registered enterprises, 2023 to 2024
- New enterprises
- 1,008
- Active enterprises
- 6,055 (+4.8%, 2024)
Money
#15 of 34+14.5%enterprise net revenue, 2023 to 2024
- Net revenue
- 170 trillion dong
Revenue of active enterprises with business results, by where the enterprise is registered. Nominal.
The provinces it was formed from
Each former province on its own, latest year on year.
| Former province | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lào Cai | 801,480 | +1.2% | +0.1% | −2.0% | +8.8% |
| Yên Bái | 874,190 | +1.1% | +0.1% | −1.8% | +23.7% |