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Abandoned villa in northern forest wears eerie look

Abandoned villa in northern forest wears eerie look

Located deep inside a forest in the northern province of Cao Bang on the China border is a century-old abandoned villa that evokes curiosity among tourists.
Motorcycles illegally drive on expressway near China border

Motorcycles illegally drive on expressway near China border

Up to 30 large displacement motorbikes illegally drove the Bac Giang - Lang Son expressway near the Chinese border on Saturday, with one of them hitting a police officer and leaving him injured.
August 26, 2023 | 10:01 pm PT
Dong Van karst plateau dazzles any season

Dong Van karst plateau dazzles any season

The remote Dong Van karst plateau in the northernmost border province of Ha Giang exudes extreme beauty, despite its severe climate, shortage of arable lands and scant water resources.
July 1, 2023 | 11:00 pm PT
Over 700 durian trucks stuck at Vietnam-China border

Over 700 durian trucks stuck at Vietnam-China border

Some 700 trucks, most of them carrying durian, are stuck trying to enter China from Vietnam’s Lang Son Province, thanks to high demand during the fruit’s harvest season.
June 1, 2023 | 06:09 pm PT
Vietnam ripened rice fields photo wins Epson gold

Vietnam ripened rice fields photo wins Epson gold

Cao Ky Nhan has won gold at the Epson International Pano Awards for his shot of golden yellow rice fields flanking a river in Cao Bang Province.
October 8, 2022 | 08:23 pm PT
Section of Vietnam’s longest expressway prepares to open

Section of Vietnam’s longest expressway prepares to open

Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway is receiving final touches to enter service next week and shorten the traveling time from the Chinese border to Hanoi and Ha Long Bay.
August 22, 2022 | 12:27 am PT
Vietnam tourist island to ban single-use plastics

Vietnam tourist island to ban single-use plastics

Authorities in the Co To island district in the northern province of Quang Ninh is set to prohibit visitors from bringing in plastic bags and bottles.
August 7, 2022 | 08:31 pm PT
Sa Pa: jewel in Vietnam’s northern highlands crown

Sa Pa: jewel in Vietnam’s northern highlands crown

A summer hideout for the French colonialists once, Sa Pa is a top tourism spot today. Apart from its own attractions, it is a basecamp for discovering Vietnam’s northern highlands.
August 5, 2022 | 04:00 pm PT
A full guide to Vietnam's northern border province

A full guide to Vietnam's northern border province

Home to a UNESCO-recognized geopark and Southeast Asia's largest waterfall, Cao Bang remains off the beaten track and less busy than neighboring Sa Pa or Ha Giang.
May 7, 2022 | 05:00 pm PT
Heroin traffickers caught carrying Laotian shipment bound for China

Heroin traffickers caught carrying Laotian shipment bound for China

Two Vietnamese traffickers transporting heroin from Laos to Vietnam were arrested Thursday before they could ship it to China.
March 24, 2022 | 05:21 am PT
On northern border, opium epidemic leaves children to fend for themselves

On northern border, opium epidemic leaves children to fend for themselves

Many children in border areas grow up with only two options: work in the field or cross the border and get married as a foreign bride.
November 24, 2021 | 08:02 pm PT
US magazine names Ban Gioc Waterfall among world’s most beautiful

US magazine names Ban Gioc Waterfall among world’s most beautiful

American magazine Travel+Leisure has included Ban Gioc in Cao Bang Province on the border with China in its list of 21 most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
November 3, 2021 | 02:30 am PT
Vietnam border guards patrol in sub-zero temperatures in Covid battle

Vietnam border guards patrol in sub-zero temperatures in Covid battle

Though temperatures have plummeted to minus two degrees Celsius, troops in Ha Giang Province bordering China continue to patrol at night to keep out illegal entrants.
January 12, 2021 | 11:01 pm PT
Vietnam approves $905 mln expressway linking two border provinces

Vietnam approves $905 mln expressway linking two border provinces

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a VND20.9 trillion ($902 million) expressway connecting Lang Son and Cao Bang provinces bordering China.
August 11, 2020 | 01:00 am PT
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