Red River Delta is a large area, located around the lower Red River with 11 provinces, the city is considered the cradle of the Red River civilization with many cultural features, festivals, Temple, pagoda attached to the space of the village. This place has a long history of thousands of years with the culture of Dong Son, the brilliant Hoa Binh culture has accreted a land rich in tourism potential.

Ecotourism

Cat Ba biosphere reserve

The Cat Ba archipelago is a group of 367 islands including Cat Ba Island in the southern part of Ha Long Bay. Cat Ba Island, also known as Ngoc Island, is the largest of the 1,969 islands of the Halong Bay Island population. Cat Ba is a place that blends between forests and the sea, creating a unique landscape. Coming to this beautiful island, visitors can not only bathe themselves under the cool blue sea but also explore the mysterious nature through the primaeval forest on the island. The 15,200 ha Cat Ba National Park has a tropical forest of 570 ha with abundant fauna and flora, characteristic of the white-tipped vertebrate and Kim Giao. Cat Ba Island is a giant green carpet contains much mysteries, attractive. Cat Ba deserves to be the third biosphere reserve in Vietnam, now recognized by UNESCO as the World Biosphere Reserve. The total area of ​​Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve is over 26,000 ha, with two core zones (strict conservation and no human impact), two buffer zones (allowing economic development limited but in combination with conservation) and two transitional areas (economic development). Cat Ba has been and will become an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists because of the beauty of nature, the diversity and the great values ​​of national history.

Cuc Phuong National Park

Cuc Phuong National Park is located in a large valley 25 km long, between the two limestone mountains at the end of Hoang Lien Son Range, at the boundary of three provinces Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Ninh Binh. At 648.2m high, we can see the panorama of Cuc Phuong National Park, see the capital of Hoa Lu and see the full “Ha Long Bay” located in Nho Quan district. Here the climate is always around 23 degrees Celsius with annual rainfall 1,800mm. In the past, this land was very dangerous, sparsely populated and people only dared to go to the forest door is the same. The remaining is a pristine forest, rich in species of plants and animals. In animal species, Cuc Phuong National Park has identified 1,800 species, of which 64 are vertebrates, 137 species of birds, 33 species of reptiles, 17 species of amphibians, and certain species will be identified in the future. hybrid. In particular, there are many endemic species found here: red squirrels, white-spotted dahlias and many animal species that have been included in the Red Book of the World. Some of the invertebrates are also very distinctive, such as butterflies, mantis, mantis or beetle. The hiding in the landscape makes these animals look quite funny. Cuckoo is characterized by tropical rainforests all year round. Entering the primitive forest of Cuc Phuong, people feel dizzy, small when they go to the world of primordial deep blue colour. Dozens of people embrace the perimeter of the large trees of the skyline from 45 to 75 m as the tree is 45m in diameter with diameter 5m, the tree is only 70m high with diameter 1.5m, the tree is a 45m high 1.5m tall green tree, 45m high green tree, 25m original circumference. Tropical forests are the magical land of the orchid with strange flowers are elegant, noble is like the lovely girls point to the forest. No less than the world of plants, Cuc Phuong fauna is also very diverse and rich. According to the latest Cuc Phuong survey data, 89 species of mammals, 307 species of birds, 110 reptiles and amphibians, 65 species of fish, and nearly 2000 species of insects. Cuc Phuong is home to many tropical birds with many shades, sizes, and vocal tones. In a total of 307 species, Cuc Phuong has many rare species of birds such as white pheasant, red-headed woodpecker, phoenix pheasant, caudal fin tail, etc.Therefore Cuc Phuong was chosen as one of the viewing points. the ideal bird of the scientist and bird hobbyist in the country and the world. Cuc Phuong insect species is also diverse. Butterfly bushes, old forests like jubilant thousand yellow, butterfly many invisible enough form, full colour exposed a strange picture. Cuc Phuong’s half-covered area, Cuc Phuong has many beautiful caves with very sexy names such as Son Cung Cave, Vui Vui Cave, Pho Co Cave. In particular, there are some caves that retain valuable archaeological sites, and scientists believe that this is one of the keys to understanding the history of Vietnam and Southeast Asia. kept in the ancient cave, Con Moong cave. In the past, Cuc Phuong was also the residence and residence of the Muong people with their own culture. These are sticky stilt houses, costumes, gong festivals, dances Muong ethnic cultural nuances. Cuc Phuong tourism is integrated with nature – the birthplace of all species. With a convenient transportation system, various guesthouses, catering services, souvenir shops and a lot of play facilities have been built, Cuc Phuong will certainly be the rendezvous of heavenly love. natural and cultural values ​​- nature and people Cuc Phuong. (to be continued)