Ha Giang Travel Guides

Ha Giang is a province in northeastern Vietnam,bordering China. Ha Giang has many mountains, many old growth forest, many precious wood, and 1.000 kinds of rare herbs. Ha Giang has special cultural products of more than 20 ethnic, a memorable destination by the natural landscape and people in here.

Ha Giang is a province in northeastern Vietnam, bordering Cao Bang province in the east, Yen Bai and Lao Cai province in the west and Tuyen Quang in the south. Northern Ha Giang province borders China (border length 274 kilometers)

The topography of Ha Giang province is complex; it can be divided into three regions: upland mountain in the north, valley and rivers. Its climate is temperateness, divided into 2 seasons: rainy and dry seasons. Western upland of massif upstream of Chay River, steep slopes, narrow valleys and streams, which was divided into two seasons: rainy and dry seasons. Lowland in the province includes hills, Lo River and Ha Giang town. The average temperature is about 240C-280C, in the winter, temperature can down to -50C.

According to census of Ha Giang population on April 1st 2009 is 724.537 people. Ethnic: H’Mong (accounting for 32% total population), Tay (23.3%), Dao (15.1%), Viet (13.3%) and Nung (9.9%)

Ha Giang has many mountains such as Tay Con Linh with 2.419 meters height, there has many old growth forest, many precious wood, and 1.000 kinds of rare herbs. The animal includes tiger, hemorrhoids, phoenix, pangolin… and hundreds of other birds. Ha Giang has poetic and grandeur upland: Dong Van, Khau Vai love market which attracts a numbers of tourists. Coming to Ha Giang, tourists have opportunity to access the unique cultural traditional products such as: bags, dresses with brilliant pattern. Tourists can enjoy the fair of uplands and explore exciting experience.

Ha Giang has special cultural products of more than 20 ethnic, a memorable destination by the natural landscape and people in here. Unlike any destinations in Vietnam, coming to Ha Giang, tourists can enjoy the unique product of ethnic people.

The newly-built house ceremony of the Lo Lo: it lasted about 2 days 2 nights at the new home of the Lo Lo. All people in village pull to celebrate the new house. Spring festival is the festival of H’Mong and Dao, it usually held on the day after lunar New Year and lasts from 3 to 7 days. Festivals include crossbow, throwing pa pao’, drinking wine… Ha Giang has many unique traditional heritages of more than 20 ethnic, a memorable destination by the natural landscape.