Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) which will be held virtually on January 21, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang at a press briefing on January 14.
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 Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on November 24 received a certificate recognising its geopark as part of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has established its position in the national tourism map after the UNESCO granted the global status to its Dak Nong Geopark.
This year’s brocade cultural festival will be held under the theme of “Culture and tourism festival – Oriental quintessence” from November 24 – 29 in Dak Nong province’s Gia Nghia city.
The second Brocade Culture Festival will take place in Gia Nghia city and several tourist destinations in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from November 24-29.
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.
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.
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.
A delegation of UNESCO experts held a working session with northern Cao Bang province’s authorities on July 6 to review a survey result on the status of Non Nuoc Cao Bang UNESCO Global Geopark since its operation two years ago.
Mineral resources are vital to the nation as they not only serve economic development purposes, but also hold the potential for reinvestment in and sustainable development of tourism, such as Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark and Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark.
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