Hoang Lien National Park (Vietnamese language

Vietnamese language

Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...

: Vườn quốc gia Hoàng Liên ) is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 within Hoang Lien Son Range, in the districts of Sa Pa

Sa Pa

Sa Pa , or Sapa, is a frontier town and capital of Sa Pa District in the Lao Cai province in northwest Vietnam. It is one of the main market towns in the area, where several ethnic minority groups such as Hmong, Dao , Giay, Pho Lu, and Tay live....

, Than Uyên

Than Uyen

Than Uyen is a district of Lai Chau Province in the Northwest region of Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 85,908. The district covers an area of 1,630 km². The district capital lies at Than Uyen....

 of Lào Cai Province

Lao Cai Province

Lào Cai , is a province of northeastern in the mountainous region of Vietnam, bordering the province of Yunnan in the China. The province covers an area of 6383.9 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 602,300 people....

, and part of Phong Thổ District in Lai Châu Province.

The national park was established according to the Decision number 90/2002/QĐ-TTg dated 12 July 2006 by the government of Vietnam, this decision turned the Nature Reserve into National Park.