Situated over 1,000 metres above sea level, Hang Kia and Pa Co enjoy a cool, refreshing climate akin to that of Moc Chau in Son La (Photo: VNA)

Hang Kia-Pa Co – Unique cultural destination in Hoa Binh

Nestled in the Mai Chau district of the northern province of Hoa Binh, Hang Kia and Pa Co are mountainous communes located within the Hang Kia - Pa Co Nature Reserve, have become a unique destination featuring the special culture of Mong ethnic minority community, which makes up more than 90% of the local population.

PM Pham Minh Chinh inspects recovery efforts in Quang Ninh after the typhoon devastates the province. (Photo: VNA)

PM inspects recovery efforts in typhoon-hit Quang Ninh province

After chairing a hybrid conference in Hanoi on September 8 morning to direct efforts to overcome the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the northeastern province of Quang Ninh in the afternoon to inspect the damage and oversee relief operations.

Hoa Binh works to improve ethnic people’s livelihoods

Hoa Binh works to improve ethnic people’s livelihoods

The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has carried out an array of measures to ensure the livelihoods of local ethnic minority groups, thus enhancing the local living standards, under the national target programme for socioeconomic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas.
Israeli Embassy presents over 22,000 plants to farmers in Hoa Binh

Israeli Embassy presents over 22,000 plants to farmers in Hoa Binh

The Embassy of Israel on December 13 presented more than 22,000 plants to farmers in Bac Phong commune, Cao Phong district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, in response to the 1-billion-tree growing project launched by the Vietnamese Prime Minister.
Hoa Binh: mother, son jailed for anti-State propaganda

Hoa Binh: mother, son jailed for anti-State propaganda

The People’s Court of the northern province of Hoa Binh on May 5 sentenced a woman and her son to eight years in prison each for “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”
Consulting contract on Hoa Binh planning signed

Consulting contract on Hoa Binh planning signed

The People's Committee of northern Hoa Binh province has signed a consulting contract with McKinsey Vietnam Co. Ltd. and Infinity Investment Group JSC to make a planning scheme for the province for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.
Relic site in Hoa Binh demonstrates Vietnam-Laos solidarity

Relic site in Hoa Binh demonstrates Vietnam-Laos solidarity

The Military Command of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh organised a ground-breaking ceremony on March 12 for a project to upgrade a revolutionary historical relic site associated with the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).
Remains of 23 martyrs reburied in Hoa Binh

Remains of 23 martyrs reburied in Hoa Binh

The authorities of the northern province of Hoa Binh on January 11 held a ceremony to rebury remains of 23 martyrs who laid down their lives during the anti-French resistance war in a martyrs’ cemetery in Luong Son district’s Trung Son commune.
Two arrested for anti-State activities

Two arrested for anti-State activities

Police on June 24 arrested and searched the dwelling places of a woman and a man in the northwestern province of Hoa Binh on the charge of making, keeping, spreading and popularising information, documents and objects against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Court sentences 15 in exam cheating scandal in Hoa Binh

Court sentences 15 in exam cheating scandal in Hoa Binh

The People’s Court of Hoa Binh province on May 21 sentenced 15 defendants involved in the 2017-2018 national high school exam cheating scandal in which dozens of candidates had their exam scores raised so they could graduate high school and enrol in universities or colleges.
First instance trial on exam cheating scandal in Hoa Binh opens

First instance trial on exam cheating scandal in Hoa Binh opens

The People’s Court of Hoa Binh province on May 11 opened the first instance trial on the 2017-2018 national high school exam cheating scandal in which dozens of candidates had their exam scores increased so they could graduate high school and attend universities or colleges.
Over 720 billion VND for new-style rural area building in Hoa Binh

Over 720 billion VND for new-style rural area building in Hoa Binh

The People’s Committee of northern Hoa Binh province has organised a teleconference to review the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural area building in the first quarter of this year, and put forth tasks and solutions for the second quarter.
Workshop seeks to raise awareness of child protection

Workshop seeks to raise awareness of child protection

The Ministry of Public Security, the EU and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-organised a training workshop in Hoa Binh province on October 24, aiming to raise public awareness of the prevention of child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
Hoa Binh police bust trafficking of 100 heroin bricks

Hoa Binh police bust trafficking of 100 heroin bricks

The police of the northwestern province of Hoa Binh, in collaboration with other anti-drug forces from the Ministry of Public Security and the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command, seized 100 heroin bricks from a car during their patrol on National Highway 6 on July 19.
Deputy PM requests post-road traffic accident settlement in Hoa Binh

Deputy PM requests post-road traffic accident settlement in Hoa Binh

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has signed a dispatch to ministries of public security, transport, the National Traffic Safety Committee, and the people’s committees of Hoa Binh and Dien Bien provinces directing the settlement of an extremely serious road accident in the northern province of Hoa Binh.