(VOV) - The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang is blessed with beautiful landscapes and the cultural treasures of 22 ethnic minority groups. Since Dong Van Stone Plateau was recognized as a World Geological Park, Ha Giang has become an even more attractive destination for tourists. These advantages are enabling the province to develop community-based tourism and help its communes achieve national targets for new rural development. Today VOV reporter Huyen Trang will take you on a tour of Nam Dam hamlet in Quan Ba District to see how the locals are boosting tourism and new rural development. … [Read more...] about Ha Giang: community -based tourism villages foster new rural development
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Learning creates will to return to Ha Giang
Learning creates will to return to Ha Giang By Michael Smith in Thai Nguyen In some ways I wished I hadn’t gone to the museum in Thai Nguyen city on the way back from Ha Giang Province. I had wanted to learn about the people I had met in the Northwest but when I left the museum I felt like I’d squandered an amazing opportunity. I wished I’d stayed longer on Dong Van Plateau to discover more about the minority groups there. All I could do was promise to myself that I would return to Vietnam’s Northwest. The Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups has displays of all the ethnic groups in Vietnam. A couple of days before I had spent a Sunday at the Meo Vac market and two days photographing the 100km loop of road that takes in Dong Van Plateau, so as I wandered around the museum I focused on the photos, artifacts and information that related to the people from that area in Vietnam’s far north. The displays, particularly the photographs, piqued … [Read more...] about Learning creates will to return to Ha Giang
Ha Giang leader faces dismissal in sex scandal
Nude photos of a provincial leader were found in the cell phone of a sex worker Defendants are escorted out of a trial in February of a high school principal having sex with his students in the northern mountainous Ha Giang Province. The Party's Inspection Commission has proposed dismissal of Ha Giang head while police sources accused that he had involved in the sex scandal. Communist Party inspectors have recommended the dismissal of a provincial head due to his "unhealthy relations" and "irresponsible way of life." The inspectors said Nguyen Truong To, chairman of the northern province of Ha Giang's People's Committee, the local government, has committed several violations. Most of these violations pertained to To's lifestyle. According to several police sources, To might have had sexual relations with a sex worker in 2005, when he headed a department in the people's committee. Two other sex workers earlier this year also accused To of having sexual relations with them. During … [Read more...] about Ha Giang leader faces dismissal in sex scandal
The rugged roads of Ha Giang
Life in Vietnam's northernmost province is simple, tough and beautiful When people ask me what the most beautiful spot in Vietnam is, I say without hesitation: Ha Giang. … [Read more...] about The rugged roads of Ha Giang
VNPT to help Ha Giang become smart city
Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) signed a memorandum of understanding with Ha Giang Province People’s Committee to support the northernmost mountainous province to develop into a smart city.This was one of the highlights of the conference held on Monday to review the three-year implementation of the strategic cooperation agreement in telecommunications and information technology between the two sides during 2014-20.A representative of Ha Giang Province said the application of IT in the province had improved significantly, and urged VNPT to hasten the implementation of new systems as well as provide training aiming at building e-governance and smart city.General Director of VNPT Pham Duc Long said focus would be placed on implementing solutions to develop IT infrastructure, apply IT at management agencies, implement online public services, ensure security and develop education and health services.According to VNPT, its mobile network now covers more than 90 per … [Read more...] about VNPT to help Ha Giang become smart city