HÃ Giang Province
Ha Giang ( in Vietnamese, Ha Giang ) is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the north of the country; also Vietnam's northernmost point is situated in the province of Ha Giang.
Center of the province is the city of Hà Giang. The province is divided into nine districts: Đồng Văn, Meo Vac, Yen Minh, Quan Ba, Bac Me, Hoang Su Phi, Vi Xuyen Xin Man and Bac Quang.
Ha Giang is a very mountainous region, and make travel within the province itself sometimes - especially during the rainy season - difficult. Large parts of the territory are unsuitable for agricultural use, which is why much of the land is forested. Nevertheless, the karstic soils will be reclaimed at high altitudes maize and upland rice cultivation. In the plateau, in which the city of Ha Giang is, plums, peaches and persimmons are grown and executed.
Ha Giang is one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam. Traditionally, the people engaged in the agriculture and forestry, but also production plants have been built in recent years. The infrastructure, although it has been greatly improved in recent years, is still very thin; Roads, hospitals and schools are still under- developed compared to other parts of Vietnam.
Since the villages hour-long marches apart and often consist of only a few houses, hiking the teachers to the children to enable them to education.
In Ha Giang many national minorities. In addition to the Viet There Tay, Dao and Hmong.
The small local markets north of Ha Giang are - with the exception of rice, meat, vegetables and some low-grade alcohol - powered by China. So many of the item offered for sale at the Sunday market of Dong Van Meo Vac or costumes come from the factories across the border and are made of cheap synthetic fabric.
Tourist Bereisung these northern areas requiring official authorization. This must be obtained in Ha Giang at the local police authorities or hotels. Nights must be able to be detected in controls (stamped on the document ).