NortheastĐông Bắc Bộ
Everything published in this region: the provincial units, the destinations inside them, and the sights, routes and dishes tied to them.
Places
former unit
Bac KanBắc Kạn
Ba Be National Park and its lake are in the former Bac Kan.
Province
Cao BangCao Bằng
One of Vietnam's 34 provincial-level units, unchanged by the 2025 reorganisation.
former unit
Ha GiangHà Giang
The Ha Giang Loop, Dong Van karst plateau and Ma Pi Leng pass are all in the former Ha…
former unit
Hoa BinhHòa Bình
Mai Chau valley is in the former Hoa Binh.
Province
Lang SonLạng Sơn
One of Vietnam's 34 provincial-level units, unchanged by the 2025 reorganisation.
Province
Phu ThoPhú Thọ
One of Vietnam's 34 provincial-level units, enlarged on 1 July 2025.
Province
Quang NinhQuảng Ninh
One of Vietnam's 34 provincial-level units, unchanged by the 2025 reorganisation.
Province
Thai NguyenThái Nguyên
One of Vietnam's 34 provincial-level units, enlarged on 1 July 2025.
Province
Tuyen QuangTuyên Quang
One of Vietnam's 34 provincial-level units, enlarged on 1 July 2025.
former unit
Vinh PhucVĩnh Phúc
Tam Dao hill station is in the former Vinh Phuc.
Destination
Mai ChauMai Châu
White Thai stilt-house homestays in a rice valley
Destination
Tam DaoTam Đảo
French-era hill station close to Hanoi
National Park
Ba Be National ParkVườn quốc gia Ba Bể
Vietnam's largest natural lake, Tay homestays, boat trips
Destination
Ban Gioc WaterfallThác Bản Giốc
Border waterfall shared with China, Nguom Ngao cave
Destination
Ha Giang LoopVòng cung Hà Giang
Three- to four-day motorbike loop through the Dong Van karst plateau
Destination
Ha Long BayVịnh Hạ Long
UNESCO limestone karst bay, overnight cruises
former unit
Hạ Long
Hạ Long city sits on the shore of Hạ Long Bay in northeast Vietnam; since July 2025 it is…
former unit
Lạng Sơn
The main urban settlement of Lạng Sơn province, a border-trading city in Vietnam's…
former unit
Thái Nguyên
The urban centre of Thái Nguyên, known as Vietnam's foremost tea-growing city, located…
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Việt Trì
River-junction city in northern Vietnam, historically linked to the Hùng Kings and now…
Picture credits
- Babenp 2007 01 4 — Rolf Müller ( User:Rolfmueller ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quảng Uyên — [Tycho] talk , http://shansov.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SaPhin HaGiang Vietnam — BacLuong at Vietnamese Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hòa Bình Province, Kim Bôi District — [Tycho], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cột cờ Lạng Sơn — Minh Chu, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Song Lo — vi:user:Viethavvh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Núi Yên Tử — Thang Nguyen from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vietnam-ThaiNguyen-PhoenixCave-stalactites — Joel Bradshaw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Headquarters of the Party Committee of Meo Vac Commune, Tuyen Quang Province — HuangWending18072009, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Binh Son tower 2 — Viethavvh at Vietnamese Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stick-house-contstruction,-Mai-Chau,-Vietnam — Steven C. Price, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ba dinh nui Tam Dao — Nhcuong81, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aboard the Boat on Ba Be Lake - Ba Be National Park - Vietnam (48102408917) — Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ban Gioc waterfalls 0 — Applejuice, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ha Giang Loop, Northern Vietnam — miketnorton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ha Long bay tourism — Syced, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bai Chay Pano 10-2023 — Pdhadam, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lạng Sơn - View from Phai Vệ mountain Feb 2024 — Dominic Nelson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thainguyencity — Lilknight, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vietri - Les bords de la Rivière Claire — vi:User:Hungvuongking, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons