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Turquoise Mountain also largely funded a major restoration project in Murad Khane, the old town of Kabul, encompassing the restoration of over 150 buildings in the neighborhood. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The group describes its mission as "to preserve and regenerate historic areas and communities with a rich cultural heritage and to revive traditional crafts ...
A stairway of 156 steps leads to the summit of Thuy Son, the only Marble Mountain accessible to visitors. It allows a wide panoramic view of the surrounding area and the other marble mountains. There are a number of grottoes, including Huyen Khong and Tang Chon, and many Hindu and Buddhist sanctuaries, the temples of Tam Thai, Tu Tam and Linh ...
Northern midland and mountainous (Vietnamese: Trung du và miền núi Bắc Bộ), before 1954 known as the Midland and upstream is the mountain area and sell-mountain in Northern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Bắc Bộ).
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.
US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese:Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war.
Currently, Vietnam has 34 national parks. Cúc Phương is the first national park and was established in 1966 in the area of 3 provinces: Ninh Bình , Thanh Hóa and Hòa Bình . Meanwhile, the latest national park established is Song Thanh ( Sông Thanh ), setup on December 18, 2020, located in Quảng Nam province.
The province is in the foothills of the Northern Highlands, which forms a broad crescent around the Tonkin Delta; its southern part has narrow river basins and mountain ranges (elevation below 300 metres (980 ft)) and the northern part, particularly in Chiêm Hoá and Nà Hang districts the slopes are steep with hills taller than 1,400 metres ...
In 1952, 500 French paratroopers dropped into the U Ming forest to attack Viet Minh and were never heard from again. [6] During the Vietnam War it was a Vietcong base area. [ 7 ] Officers Humbert Roque Versace and James N. Rowe of the United States Army were captured by the Vietcong during a battle in the U Minh Forest in October 1963.