Hotels in Sapa fined for holiday overcharging ·                                            A number of hotels in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai have been fined for charging exorbitant prices online -- more than USD1,000 a night -- during the national Reunification Day and May Day Holiday, a local official said.   Trinh Xuan Truong, chairman of Sapa District, told DTiNews eight hotels had been fined a total of VND125m (USD5,900) for violating price management regulations, damaging the locality’s image and the trademark of Sapa tourism. Hoang Gia Company which owns Royal View Hotel and Cuong Huong Company, the owner of Sunny Moutainview., were fined VND50m; Elite Sa Pa, Panorama Sa pa, Elysian Sa Pa, Sa Pa Lodge, Eden Sa Pa and Nam Cang Riverside Lodge were fined VND12.5m. The hotels were ordered to remove their excessive prices from foreign websites. A room of Sa Pa Elite Hotel was quoted at VND60m, or USD2,800, for two nights. The price of Sa Pa Lodge was VND28m, Sunny Mountain Hotel VND58.3m, and Elysian Sa Pa Hotel was quoting VND21.6m for two nights. The Sapa People’s Committee chairman, Trinh Xuan Truong, on April 24 imposed strict supervision of pricing for local hotels and guesthouses. Ngoc Trien,  Dantrinews