The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a conference on Tuesday to discuss development of Ba Be Lake’s environs into one of the country’s top eco-tourism sites. A project for the purpose was approved by the Government last October. Tourism experts said […]
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Name of ethnic group: Tay (Tho, Ngan, Phen, Thu Lao, and Pa Di). Population: 1,477,514 people (Year 1999). Locality: The Tay lives along the valleys and the lower slopes of the mountains in Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Kan, and Quang Ninh provinces, and in some regions of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces. History
Situated on the left bank of the Red River, about 10km away from the center of Hanoi is the pottery village of Bat Trang. Bat Trang village, the most ancient and famous pottery village of Vietnam, continues to work today and is constantly developing. It is said that, the village took its first name from
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After taking several night buses up the coast of Vietnam, I knew that the times stated meant nothing. When your Vietnamese travel agent says it takes 10 hours, you can add on another 5. So when I booked the bus from Hanoi to Luang Prabang and the man told me 24 hours, I knew it
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