December 9, 2011
There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]
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July 24, 2011
  A photo from the first prize winner Hoang Trung Thuy’s photo album “Vietnamese Stones – Seas”, showcased at Pham Ngu Lao Guest House, 33 Pham Ngu Lao St., Hanoi Some of the world’s most beautiful geological images are currently on display at the Dialogue on Geoheritage photo exhibition in Hanoi. After a run [...]
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July 21, 2011
A winning photo featuring Ly Son Island by Nguyen Xuan Vinh is being displayed at Hanoi Opera House. Photo exhibition Dialogue on Geoheritage is being held at Hanoi Opera House from July 18-20. As part of the 2nd International Asia-Pacific Geoparks Network held in Hanoi from July 16-24, the exhibit includes 56 solo photos and [...]
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July 7, 2011
An ancient tea tree in Lao Chai, the northern province of Ha Giang  Vietnam boasts a vast wealth of ancient tea trees that are still waiting to be discovered, developed and protected.  According to scant mention in historic materials and scientific research, ancient tea trees are mainly located in the northern highland provinces of [...]
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June 6, 2011
 The palace was built with ancient Chinese-style architecture. Standing in the shade of tall, straight trees in the cloudy Dong Van Plateau is a century-old mansion, the former residence of a powerful family headed by a veritable Don in the early 20th century. The palace of the Vuong family, led by Vuong Chinh Duc, [...]
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May 9, 2011
The Khau Vai Love Market attracts large number of locals and tourists. Photo courtesy of Hanoitourist.com The famous love market of ethnic couples of the northern Vietnamese mountains was recognized to be provincial cultural and historical relic of Ha Giang province. Nguyen Trung Thuong, director of the Ha Giang Department of Cultural, Sport and Tourism, told [...]
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April 11, 2011
In the middle of a small valley in the northern province of Ha Giang, the Fairy Mountain in Quan Ba District rises gracefully from terraced rice fiel. The perfectly shaped twin peaks rise out of a patchwork of paddy fields, symbolizing Mother Nature’s bountiful gifts to the residents of Quan Ba District in the [...]
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March 17, 2011
Lawyers and reporters wait outside the Ha Giang Provincial People's Court, on March 10. Photo courtesy of Tien Phong newspaper The high-profile trial of a headmaster in the northern province of Ha Giang who stood accused of having sex with his students wrapped up on Thursday, in a rare closed court session. The presiding judge Mai [...]
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March 13, 2011
(L, R) Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Nguyen Thuy Hang and Sam Duc Xuong in the dock Thursday at a trial involving statutory rape in the northern province of Ha Giang A closed court in the northern province of Ha Giang Thursday handed a nine-year sentence to the former principal of a high school for statutory rape [...]
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November 21, 2010
It’s a pain in your calf, your thighs and what not, but boy, is it worth it! Rocky terrain: High up among the mountains, a unique garden Driving through rugged, rock-strewn mountain slopes is hard work, and made more difficult when the narrow path ahead is hidden among clouds. We had been climbing all [...]
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