Sacred Lung Cu Flagpole. Hidden beauty Referring to Ha Giang, perhaps any Vietnamese would like to once set foot there, to stand under the sacred Fatherland flag fluttering on Lung Cu flagpole, where according to historical books Ly Thuong Kiet had visited Ha Giang. first marked the territory’s sovereignty with a sandalwood tree. In 2010, Lung Cu flagpole was invested and built on a large scale, located at an altitude of 1,400m above sea level, octagonal shape, over 30m high, 54m² area, representing 54 ethnic groups. Coming to Ha Giang, visitors cannot help but come to Dong Van rock plateau, which is recognized by UNESCO as a Global Geopark. Located at an altitude of 1,000 – 1,600m above sea level, with an area of ​​2,356km², stretching through 4 districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Meo Vac and Dong Van, this is the convergence of many famous historical sites. Famous historical sites such as Lung Cu Scenic Landscape Complex, Vuong Dynasty National Architectural Art Monument, Dong Van Ancient Town, Ancient Stone Beach, Archaeological Site… such as Nho Que river, Ma Pi Leng – “The first pass in the world”, Tu San alley – the deepest canyon in Southeast Asia with a depth of 700 – 900m. Not only possessing the strength of the natural landscape, Ha Giang is also a land rich in culture with special festivals taking place all year round such as the Long Tong festival of the Tay people in January, the Gau Tao festival of the Mong people; March with Khau Vai love market; May has the festival of forest gods of the Lo Lo people; in July, go to the Cu Te festival of the La Chi people; September has the Fish Festival of the Tay people; In October, go to the fire dance festival of the Pa Then people; November is the Buckwheat Flower Festival… Peaceful Dong Van stone plateau. Huynh Le Phuoc, a tourist from Binh Thanh District (Ho Chi Minh City) shared after visiting Ha Giang: “Ha Giang is really a land of hidden beauty full of charm with unspoiled nature. , magnificent with diverse cultural identity. I will come back here many more times to explore this interesting part of the country.” Attract customers with key products In 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic broke out many times, greatly affecting the tourism industry and localities. However, Ha Giang tourism still attracted 1.5 million visitors and achieved a growth rate of 7% compared to 2019. Not only that, in the first quarter of 2021, Ha Giang was honored to enter the top 10 destinations of Vietnam. has a beautiful natural landscape, rich in cultural traditions, and is safe in the prevention of Covid-19 as voted by international media agency CNN. Sharing about the above results, Mr. Nguyen Hong Hai, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Giang province said: “In order to fulfill the set target, right after the first outbreak of the epidemic, Ha Giang quickly promulgated a plan to implement solutions to restore tourism activities after the Covid-19 epidemic in the last months of 2020 and 2021, and simultaneously implemented solutions to attract tourists such as building trade a safe destination in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic to create peace of mind for tourists; develop a program to stimulate domestic tourism; strengthen the application of science and technology and promote linkages in the promotion and publicity work … “. Hoang Su Phi terraced fields. According to Mr. Nguyen Hong Hai, thanks to the timely “pivot”, focusing on exploiting the domestic tourist market, Ha Giang has minimized the damage caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. At the same time, the province pays special attention to overcoming seasonality with tourism products spread throughout 4 seasons of the year such as buckwheat flower season; watching terraced fields in the pouring water season, ripe rice season… or exploiting products all year round such as community tourism, exploring Lung Khuy cave, walking on the White Cliffs, cruising on Nho Que river to see Ma pass Pi Leng and Tu San Canyon… In addition, Ha Giang also regularly organizes sports activities such as the international marathon on the road of Happiness; off-road motorcycle and automobile racing tournaments; paragliding over the buckwheat fields… in order to diversify experience activities and attract a wide range of guests. From the reality of Ha Giang, it can be seen that which locality quickly responds to the pandemic, builds a safe destination brand, and at the same time captures the market trend to offer unique products. will attract tourists. That is a professional way to both limit the damage caused by the epidemic and develop tourism in a sustainable way.

Many visitors enjoy the beautiful nature of Ha Giang. Photo: Ha Giang tourism By 2020, the number of visitors to the province will reach over 1.5 million, reaching a turnover of about VND 1,500 billion from tourism activities, making an important contribution to consolidating the strategic position of the province for the provinces and cities in the country. nationwide, attracting many investors to Ha Giang, contributing to creating livelihoods for people to eradicate poverty. The province has stepped up the development of cultural and tourist community villages, creating jobs for thousands of workers, and raising incomes for rural people. Since then, people have also consciously preserved traditional cultural values, tourism resources, embellished campus, housing, and clean environment; Traditional craft villages have been restored and preserved, natural landscape has been improved. Comrade Nguyen Hong Hai, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Giang province, said that in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, last year, Ha Giang tried to turn challenges into development opportunities, focusing on promoting tourism promotion aimed at the domestic tourist market, branding a safe destination for tourists, and building tourism stimulus programs. Ha Giang has also built a diversified, plentiful and attractive tourism product, spread evenly over 4 seasons in a year. Create conditions for tourism businesses to bring tourists to Ha Giang. And most importantly, in development, Ha Giang still maintains an important goal of preserving the protection of natural resources and the environment towards the goal of sustainable development. However, he also frankly acknowledged the weaknesses and shortcomings that need to be overcome: the investment in infrastructure was not synchronous, the human resource was insufficient and did not meet the development needs, products and services. not rich, diversified, lack of entertainment centers, accommodation services for middle and high-class guests … Tourists learn traditional culture of Lo Lo ethnic group in Meo Vac. Photo: hagiang.gov.vn In order for Ha Giang tourism to continue to develop and successfully implement the Resolution of the Congress of the Provincial Party Committee for the term 2020-2025 on tourism development, from the beginning of this year, Ha Giang’s tourism industry organized a welcoming program. the first visitors to Ha Giang, organizing many cultural events, rich tourism, imbued with local ethnic identities; maintain and restore unique festivals of indigenous people such as the Tày people’s association of Cage Tong; The Cao Cao Association of the Mong people; Khèn Mong Association; Khau Vai love market; Cu Te Association of La Chi people; boat racing festival; Fire Jump Festival. In addition, the province also enlisted the support of the General Department of Tourism, Mobifone Telecommunication Corporation, and signed a memorandum of cooperation on tourism development and digital transformation. Especially the application of digital technology in tourism promotion activities. Not only focusing on the places endowed by nature, Ha Giang has also been building an image of Ha Giang more and more beautiful with a brilliant spring with flowers all over the high mountains, on the slopes of gray stone, Summer comes back with terraced fields and waves to match the pouring season, autumn with yellow color and terraced rice fields, sea of ​​clouds on top of Chieu Lau Thi – Hoang Su Phi and a romantic winter with immense triangles … According to Mr. Tran Duc Quy, Vice Chairman of Ha Giang Provincial People’s Committee, with the goal that by 2025 Ha Giang will attract 3 million tourists, the province is focusing on improving the quality of human resources to promote tourism. development; to attach importance to preserving, restoring and promoting the typical cultural values ​​of the Mong people and actively replicating them among ethnic minorities; raise community awareness about conservation and development of typical cultures of ethnic groups; focus on building cultural villages with ethnic characteristics in order of priority to key regions; mobilize resources for restoration and heritage conservation; continue to develop unique tourism products based on cultural heritage potentials… /.