Located among striking limestone landscapes, Ba Be is the largest natural lake in Vietnam is currently the center section of an extensive National Park. Since the park and the surrounding area is limestone region, lakes, waterfalls, caves and unusual rock formation abound. Surrounded by evergreen forests, the area is home of many ethic minority communities.
Located on River Energy, a district of Ba 5 km (3 miles), Puond Cave is a large house of various species of bat, where the river flows through a limestone mountain ranges form. Active length is about 200 m (600 ft), the average height of 25 to 30 m (60 ft) with many shapes, imposing stone columns. In the cave there are tens of thousands of children bats now live and reside. Dong Puong is well-know as a tourist destination of a unique and charming nature.
Area: 3,827.45 km2 (1,477.8 sq mi)
Population (2008): 1,628,400
Located in the Northeastern region of Vietname, Bac Giang is about 50km from the East of Hanoi. The province covers an area of 3827.45 square kilometers and as of 2008 it had a population of 1,628,400 people.
Location: Streaming through a valley between Huyen Dinh and Yen Tu mountains, Mo Spring is located in Nghia Phuong Commune, Luc Nam District, Bac Giang Province. This beautiful attraction is about 90km from Hanoi and 40km from Bac Giang City.
Characteristics: due to geological structure, Mo Spring has lots of huge rocks formed in different shapes. These stones are positioned in tiers to make different levels of slopes within the stream bed, which creates various falls of different sizes. Consequently, there appeared many natural bath tubs. Along both sides of the stream are luxuriant trees looking into the clear water.
Bo Da Pagoda Festival
Time: the 28th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Thuong Lan Commune, Viet Yen District, Bac Giang Province.
Objects of worship: The ancestral bonze, who had merit of building the pagoda.
Location: Xuong Giang Ancient Citadel is in Xuong Giang Commune, Bac Giang City, Bac Giang Province.
Characteristics: Xuong Giang is the name of the old citadel built by Ming troops in the 15th century.
Basing on the current site of relics, the old citadel was built in a rectangular shape with the total area of about 27ha. The length of the relics from the east to the west is about 600m, while the width from the north to the south about 450m. The walls are made from earth. It has 4 forts at four corners, and wide ditches.
Location: Tho Ha Communal House is in Tho Ha Village, Viet Yen District, Bac Giang Province.
Characteristics: Tho Ha, an ancient communal house built under the reign of King Le Hy Tong is surrounded by many old trees.
The structure of Tho Ha Communal House brings many features of the Chinese characters. The praise-giving house is 27m long, 16m wide and stands on a raised ground surrounded by three grey stones steps. Curved up like a scimitar sword blade at the four corners, the roofs of the Communal House are covered with ancient crescent-shaped tiles and decorated with purple-burned glazed terra-cotta creatures such as lion cubs.
Location: Khe Ro Primitive Forest is located in An Lac Commune, Son Dong District, Bac Giang Province.
Characteristics: Khe Ro Primitive Forest is a 7,153ha protected forest.
Located in Tri Yen Commune, Yen Dung District, Bac Giang Province, Duc La Pagoda was built in 12th century. The pagoda was once a center of Truc Lam Trinity (King Tran Nhan Tong, Phap Loa and Huyen Quang monks) who opened a school of Buddhist preaching and established the Truc Lam religious sect.
From the Bac Giang City, a crooked red soil trail runs off Route 13, just past Tan An Commune, let to Duc La Pagoda, also known as Vinh Nghiem Tu (80km north of Hanoi). Surrounded by rolling hill area, the pagoda lies on the Co Tien Mountain range and on the batiks of the Luc River on its left. Further away is the Thuong River which converges with the Luc River to form the Phuong Nhon Junction.
The great victory of Chi Lang - Xuong Giang (Lang Son - Bac Giang) and the Dong Quan oath -taking ceremony (Hanoi) were huge historic events 570 years ago (1427-1997). Two most important characters related to these events were the national heroes Le Loi and Nguyen Trai who were the head of the peasant revolution in Lam Son (Thanh Hoa) in the 15th century against invaders from the North.