Hoa Binh is in the Northwest of Vietnam, 76km southwest of Hanoi. Hoa Binh is home to the Muong and Thai ethnic groups whose cultures and villages are the draw cards of local tourism. Below is a list of what to see and things to do in Hoa Binh for the visitors:
Lang Son is right on the border with China in the Northeast of Vietnam, off the tourist track by far. Lang Son possesses amazing mountainscape and a plethora of ethnic groups. The land has several sites which mark amazing battles throughout the thousands of years of the Vietnamese history.
Ha Giang is getting to be a popular tourist attraction in Vietnam. Located to the extreme north of Vietnam with harsh weather conditions and badly stricken by the Chinese invasion in 1979-1989. Ha Giang was the last area in Vietnam to have peace back after the invasion by China, the land had been closed to tourism until the late 1990s.
Sapa is an extremely popular tourist attraction in the far north of Vietnam. Sapa is 400km, 5-hour drivefrom Hanoi. Most visitors would spend 2-3 days in Sapa, some go trekking would spend 5-7 days in the region.
