Vietnam is completely located in the tropical belt of the Northern Hemisphere, favoring a tropical climate with annual average temperature is from 22ºC to 27ºC. However, in recent days, Vietnam’s northern region has been facing an extreme cold snap caused by the arrival of a cold front which pushed temperature down to below 10ºC and even under 0ºC, bringing chances of frost to mountainous areas.
The northwest mountainous Ha Giang provincial People’s Committee and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have helped construct 26.5km of new rural roads connecting 17 hamlets of Yen Minh district and four other hamlets of Dong Van district.
Ha Giang province is a wild and charming land, and much of the northern mountainous province is incredibly beautiful, including Xa Phin Village, Phuong Tien Commune, Vi Xuyen District.
Extensive “tam giac mach” (buckwheat) flower fields have become a brand and tourist attraction of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. The flower is in bloom at year-end, adorning the Dong Van Karst Plateau with its romantic and gentle charm.
The Yen Minh pine forest is a destination every visitor to the northernmost province of Ha Giang should come to if they don’t want to miss a poetic landscape to behold.
The northern province of Ha Giang held a ceremony on November 28 night to celebrate the 10th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of the Dong Van Karst Plateau as a global geopark and kick off the sixth buckwheat flower festival.
The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Giang province, reenacted a traditional wedding of the Pa Then ethnic minority group on November 22 on the occasion of the 75th Vietnam Heritage Culture Day (November 23).
The northwestern mountainous province of Ha Giang, home to more than 20 ethnic minority groups with unique cultural identities and festivals, has long been an attractive destination for tourists and explorers.
Shan tuyet tea trees in Ta Xua commune of Bac Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Son La grow in an environment that is filled with clouds and cold fog all year round. Shan tuyet tea is a precious specialty of the local Mong ethnic minority people, who call it “green gold”.
Many regions across the country are expected to see heavy rains from September 13 to 23, with downpours forecast mainly during the night and early morning, the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre said.
Can Cau is one of the rare ethnic markets where traditional cultural identities of ethnic minority groups in the northwestern province of Lao Cai have been preserved almost intact.
As a convergence of geological, archeological, cultural and biodiversity values, the Dak Nong Global Geological Park promises to be an attractive destination for international tourists in the future.
Cargill Vietnam has opened its 96th school in Vietnam, which was built with funding sourced from Cargill Cares, in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
Prolonged torrential rain overnight on July 20-21 caused flooding in a number of localities in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, killing two and injuring one, according to the Ha Giang Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
UNESCO has designated Vietnam’s Dak Nong Geopark as one of its Global Geoparks. Dak Nong is the third park in Vietnam to have been awarded this honor so far after Dong Van Krast Plateau and Non Nuoc Cao Bang in northern Vietnam.
The Programme and External Relations Commission of the 209th UNESCO Executive Board on July 7 approved the Global Geoparks Council’s proposal to recognise Vietnam’s Dak Nong Geopark as a Global Geopark, the third of its kind in the country.
The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on April 23 decided to lift the lockdown order on Dong Van township and Ta Kha hamlet in Pho Bang township in Dong Van district, based on positive developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province.
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