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Cao Bang is 272 km north of Hanoi, a province in the
Northeast of Vietnam, bordered with China. There are nine ethnic
minorities living in Cao Bang, including the Tay, Nung, Dao, and
H’mong.Famous sites include Thang Then Lake in Tra Linh, Ban Gioc Fall
in Trung Khanh, and Ba Be Lake in Ba Be.
Several sites where Uncle Ho lived and worked before the August 1945
Revolution include Pac Bo, Coc Bo Cave, Lenin Stream, and Khuoi Nam
Stream.
Pac bo area
Pac Bo is a small
village in Trung Hoa Commune, Ha Quang district, 350km from Hanoi and
55km north of Cao Bang town. It is where the T'rung and Mang rivers
meet. Suitably, Pac Bo means " mouth of the source".
The famous Coc Bo cave is where in 1941 President Ho
Chi Minh, upon returning from 30 years abroad, established his residence
and worked on Vietnam's revolutionary course.
At the
foot of Karl Marc mountains is Lenin stream, which was named by
President Ho Chi Minh. In Khuoi Nam, 1,000m from the Coc Bo cave, Ho Chi
Minh presided over the 8th session of the Indochina Communist
Party Conference in May 1941. Even now, this location remains a sacred
place for the Vietnamese
Ban Gioc
Fall
Ban Gioc Fall is situated in
Trung Khanh district in Cao Bang province nears the Sino-Vietnamese
border. The echo of the falls can be heard kilometers away from Trung
Khanh.
Water from Quy Xuan River
falling down on the stone creates water droplets columns that can be
seen from a distance. The temperature near the waterfall is remarkably
cool, due to the water mist in the air.
At the foot of the waterfall
is a large river, as calm as glass, surrounded by many precious kinds of
flowers. Ban Gioc Fall is famous for a famous fish named tram huong. In
the early 1920s, French people started building cottages on the river
banks. They would come here to relax, fish for tram huong, and hunt
deer.
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