Rock climbing may have sparked the transformation, but demand for accommodation, cuisine, experiences and cultural exchange has since fostered a mutually reinforcing community-based tourism ecosystem, opening a sustainable pathway out of poverty for ethnic minorities and offering a replicable model for other mountainous regions.
At around 13:30 on November 26, a tractor-trailer collided with a car on National Highway 1, at Km42+600 in Nhan Ly commune, Lang Son province, killing four and injuring two.
As much as 250 billion VND will be allocated to Thai Nguyen while Cao Bang, Lang Son, and Bac Ninh will receive 50 billion VND each to address urgent needs and support post-flood recovery.
The Mi-171 helicopter coded Sar-03 and Mi-17 coded 7844 under Regiment 916 of the ADAFS’s Division 371 departed Gia Lam Airport, carrying four tonnes of relief supplies, including water, instant noodle, field rations, and milk to Van Nham and Yen Binh communes.
The northern province of Lang Son has completed construction and repair of 6,508 homes for disadvantaged households, marking the full fulfilment of its programme to eradicate temporary and dilapidated houses by August 28.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Hoang Van Nghiem said that the province has to date built 928 new houses and repaired 1.098 houses for households.
Authorities of Van Lang district in Vietnam's northern province of Lang Son, and Pingxiang township in China’s Guangxi province on January 25 announced the official restoration of immigration activities at Tan Thanh (Lang Son) – Puzhai (Guangxi) border crossing.
The Ministry of Public Security and authorities in the northern province of Lang Son on January 16 transferred 292 new houses for the poor in the border district of Loc Binh.
The norther mountainous province of Lang Son is striving to complete more than 900 new houses for the needy before the Lunar New Year or Tet.
The inauguration ceremony of a road leading to border marker No. 962 was held in Quoc Khanh commune in Trang Dinh district of the northern province of Lang Son on November 22.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a fact-finding tour and held a working session with authorities of the northern border provinces of Cao Bang and Lang Son on November 14 to expedite expressway projects and review the construction of a pilot smart border gate.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh laid stress on the significance of national solidarity through concrete actions while attending the Great National Unity Festival in residential area No. 8 of Na Sam town in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son's Van Lang district on November 14.
Lizen Joint Stock Company, which is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, on November 7 presented more than 2.4 billion VND (94,618 USD) to Chi Lang district in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to support 22 local families in building new houses, replacing their temporary and dilapidated ones.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daejin International Volunteers Association (DIVA) has presented 1 billion VND (over 40,200 USD) in international emergency aid to 15 households in the northern province of Lang Son suffering damage from Typhoon Yagi.
The recent recognition of the Lang Son as a UNESCO Global Geopark is expected to help the northern province gain momentum and mobilise resources for enhancing the management, preservation, and promotion of the geopark, along with its biodiversity, historical and cultural values, and scenic landscapes.
The Lang Son Geopark in the northern province of Lang Son has been officially recognised as a UNESCO Global Geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and the Chinese Embassy on July 17 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new semi-boarding kitchen at Kim Dong primary school in the northern border province of Lang Son’s Trang Dinh district, aiming to provide better care and meals for its students.
A delegation of experts from UNESCO made a field trip to the northern province of Lang Son from July 6 -10 for on-site assessment of the dossier submitted to the organisation to seek the organisation's recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.
An inter-sectoral task force from the Vietnam sub-committee under the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee held a working session with the Lang Son provincial People's Committee on June 17 to review the progress of a pilot smart border gate project in the province.
