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World's longest 3-rope cable car system inaugurated in Vietnam

Xinhua, February 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The world's longest three-rope cable car system was inaugurated in Vietnam's northern Lao Cai province on Tuesday.

With the total length of 6,292.5 meters, the system was recognized by Guinness World Records as world's longest three-rope cable car route, and the world's biggest height gap between its departure and arrival stations of 1,410 meters.

The system, connecting Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan Mountain in Lao Cai, some 250 km northwest of capital Hanoi, has a capacity of 2,000 passengers per hour with each cabin accommodating 35 people.

The system shortens the travel time to the peak of the 3,143-meter Fansipan Mountain, which is dubbed the Roof of Indochina, to 15 minutes. Construction of the cable car system began in November, 2013.

The cable car system is expected to help boost the number of tourists to Lao Cai's Sa Pa town by 30 percent to 40 percent every year, reaching around 3 million by 2020, Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA reported. Enditem