Last updated: Monday, 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...
Last updated: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
VnnNews - The plateau was recognized by the UNESCO as one of the 77 geological parks in the world and the second in Southeast Asia on October 3.
The park covers four districts of Meo Vac, Dong Van, Yen Minh and Quan Ba, totaling over 2,300sq.km, with nearly 250,000 residents. Up to 80 percent of the plateau is covered by limestone.
Scientists...
Last updated: Monday, October 18, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Van is not only a newly-recognised global geological park but also a tourist attraction in Vietnam. Let’s go shopping at Dong Van market.
Stone plateau listed as geopark
This is the market of ethnic minority people like H’mong, Dao, Tay, Nung, Lo Lo, etc. from mountain communes in Dong...
Last updated: Monday, September 27, 2010
Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys.
VnnNews – Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys. The terrain...
Last updated: Sunday, September 26, 2010
Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys.
VnnNews – Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys. The terrain...
Last updated: Sunday, September 26, 2010
Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys.
VnnNews – Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys. The terrain...
Last updated: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys.
VnnNews – Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys. The terrain...
Last updated: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys.
VnnNews – Tay Bac, the mountainous region in the northwest of Vietnam, is famous for beautiful terraced fields, colorful love markets, magnificent mountains and valleys. The terrain...
Last updated: Sunday, December 13, 2009
They grow crops on rocks and walk several kilometers cold mountain roads to buy and sell small goods, but Mong families on Dong Van Plateau are the most hospitable in the world.
VnnNews – They grow their crops on the rocks and walk several kilometers of steep, cold mountain roads to buy and sell small goods, but the Mong families...
Last updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
VnnNews – Government officials and experts in the northern province of Ha Giang are working on documents for submission to UNESCO for recognising Dong Van Stone Plateau
Hard labour: Farmers tend maize on the Dong Van Stone Plateau.
Dong Van, which has remained untouched for hundreds of millions of years, has mammoth rocks spread...
