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Ninh Bình is a province of Vietnam in the Red River Delta region of the northern part of the country. [4] The province is famous for a high density of natural and cultural attractions, including reserved parks in Cúc Phương National Park and Vân Long, grotto caves and rivers in Tràng An, Tam Cốc-Bích Động and Múa Caves, historic monuments in the Hoa Lư ancient capital, Vietnam's ...
Tam Cốc – Bích Động is a popular tourist destination in north Vietnam and part of the Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex UNESCO World Heritage site. [1] It is located in Ninh Binh province, near the village of Tam Cốc. The closest city is Hoa Lư.
The citadel of Ninh Bình (1884) The name of Ninh Binh officially existed since 1822. [1] During the Nguyen dynasty, in August 1884 in the Tonkin campaign, the allegiance of Ninh Bình was of considerable importance to the French, as artillery mounted in its lofty citadel controlled river traffic to the Gulf of Tonkin.
Bái Đính Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Bái Đính, Chữ Hán: 沛嵿寺) or Bái Đính Pagoda Spiritual and Cultural Complex is a complex of Buddhist temples on Bái Đính Mountain in Gia Viễn District, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple.
Quảng Bình was formerly Tiên Bình prefecture under the reign of Lê Trung Hưng of the Lê dynasty (this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604). [5] The province has an area of 7,998.76 km 2 (3,088.34 sq mi) [1] and population of 913,860 inhabitants (as of 2022). [2] Historically, this region belonged to kingdom of Champa.
Tây Ninh is approximately 90 km (55 miles) northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, and 182 km (113 miles) to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia; all by National Route 22. As of 2019, the city had a population of 135,254 over the provincial population of 1,169,165 on a total area of 140 km 2 (54 sq mi).
Map of Hoa Binh province in 1909. Hòa Bình province was created on June 22, 1886, following the decree of Tonkin with the name "Mường Province", splitting Mường majority areas from Hưng Hóa province, Sơn Tây province, Hanoi and Ninh Bình province. Its name derives from the Sino-Vietnamese 和平, meaning "peace."
Phước Bình National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Phước Bình) is a national park in the commune of Phước Bình, Bác Ái District, Ninh Thuận Province. It is located 62 km north-west from Phan Rang town, the capital of Ninh Thuận Province, on the border with Lâm Đồng and Khánh Hòa provinces.