The local tourism industry grossed 360 billion VND (15.5 million USD) in revenue, up 90 percent against the previous year.

In 2018, Non Nuoc Cao Bang received the global geopark status from UNESCO, while Ban Gioc waterfall tourism site was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to become a national key tourist attraction.

Ban Gioc waterfall in Cao Bang province.

The historical relic of Dong Khe victory was also recognized as a national special relic site. Located in the northeastern region of the country, Cao Bang is endowed with breathtaking natural scenery, including majestic mountain ranges and beautiful terraced fields.

It is also home to the unique cultures of eight ethnic minority groups, namely Tay, Nung, Mong, Dao, San Chi, Lo lo, Kinh and Hoa.

Cao Bang is home to 214 cultural and historical relic sites, encompassing three national special ones, namely Pac Bo, Tran Hung Dao and Dong Khe.

It has a special geological structure with Non Nuoc Cao Bang recognized as a global geopark.

Non Nuoc Park was established in 2015. It is now the second UNESCO-recognised Global Geopark in Vietnam after Dong Van Karst Plateau, which was accredited in 2010. The park is also the eighth of its kind in Southeast Asia to receive the status.

Located about 300km from Hanoi, Non Nuoc Cao Bang covers more than 3,000 square kilometres in the districts of Ha Quang, Tra Linh, Quang Uyen, Trung Khanh, Ha Lang and Phuc Hoa and part of Hoa An, Nguyen Binh and Thach An districts.

It is home to fossils, ocean sediment, volcanic rocks, minerals and karst landscapes, which can give researchers an insight into an over-500-million-year history of the Earth. It is also known for rich biodiversity and many indigenous fauna and flora species.

Non Nuoc Cao Bang is the second UNESCO-recognised Global Geopark in Vietnam after Dong Van Karst Plateau.

According to Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Sam Viet An, Cao Bang has the opportunity to develop various kinds of tourism such as cultural tourism, spiritual tourism, adventure tourism, ecological tourism and geological tourism.

The province is exerting efforts to reform administrative procedures and to help businesses to invest in tourism infrastructure development.

Local authorities proposed the Government enact a special mechanism for the province to promote tourism cooperation with foreign businesses and enable more international tourists to visit border tourism areas, he added.

Exploring Dap Noi festival of Tay and Nung people in Cao Bang province

For people in the northern province of Cao Bang, festivals are celebrated every month of the year. Each month is dedicated to observing a specific festival, which is unique and different from the others. The end of the first lunar month is the time for the Tay and Nung people in the province to hold their Dap Noi festival.

 

Children join film making festival in Cao Bang

A total of 23 films and short reports produced by children have been recently screened at a Children Film Festival that opened in Cao Bang city.

 

Poetic beauty of Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark

Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in the northern border province of Cao Bang was recognized as a global geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council in Paris on April 12.

 

Cao Bang: Nang Hai festival named national intangible heritage

The ethnic Nang Hai festival in the northern province of Cao Bang has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage. 

 

Cao Bang to host 2018 National Dance and Music Festival

This year’s National Dance and Music Festival is scheduled for the northern province of Cao Bang from June 29 to July 7.

 

Source: VNA