Ha Giang is a province located in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam, famous for its majestic mountains, plains and diverse ethnic culture. Not only does it have beautiful roads and majestic terraced fields, Ha Giang also captivates international tourists with its unique ethnic culture - love songs on the Dong Van stone plateau.
This land is home to 19 ethnic groups. Each ethnic group has its own unique traditional culture, many heritages are listed in the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity and the country including festivals, folk songs and dances...

Implementing one of the three breakthroughs of the entire term, over the past nearly 3 years, the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee has deployed many measures to promote tourism with the policy of "using culture to develop tourism, using tourism to preserve and develop culture", considering cultural heritage as a tourism resource of special value to exploit to create attractive tourism products, gradually promoting values ​​and actively contributing to attracting tourists. Thereby creating a strong shift in awareness and action, marking Ha Giang as an attractive and unique destination, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of the locality.

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In recent years, the image of Ha Giang stone plateau has appeared more and more on the tourist map, becoming a destination attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to experience and explore.

Ha Giang is beautiful in every season, especially in spring. January, February and March in Ha Giang have a special beauty, a harmony between the majesty of the mountains and the gentleness of spring. The weather at this time is less cold than winter, replaced by warm, fresh sunshine, very suitable for exploration and experience activities.

At this time, Ha Giang is not only charming with its winding mountain passes and majestic terraced fields, but also "captures the hearts" of visitors with the bright colors of flowers. Peach blossoms, plum blossoms, canola flowers... compete to show off their colors, creating a beautiful, brilliant and vibrant natural picture.

This is also the time when yellow mustard flowers in Ha Giang begin to bloom and Meo Vac is one of the most beautiful places to see mustard flowers. The endless yellow mustard flower fields, interspersed with majestic limestone mountains, create a beautiful natural landscape.

In recent times, the province has strengthened the restoration, renovation and embellishment of tangible and intangible cultural heritage works; preserving, restoring and promoting them into attractive tourism products for visitors. Typical festivals include: Khau Vai market, Mong panpipe festival, Mong ethnic group's Gau tao festival; Fire dancing, Ban Vuong worship ceremony, Cap sac, fire dancing of Dao people; Forest god ceremony, ancestor worship of Lo Lo people; Khu Cu Te festival of La Chi people; Pa Then people's Fire dancing festival. Folk songs, folk dances, ethnic musical instruments, traditional costumes, culinary culture are focused on exploitation, also contributing significantly to promoting the image of Ha Giang land and people.

In 2024, Ha Giang welcomed 3.2 million visitors, earning VND8,150 billion in revenue, of which international visitors came from 186 countries and territories, with the largest countries being the UK, France, Germany and the US. Domestic visitors are also very diverse, coming from most major provinces and cities across the country.

Currently, Ha Giang has 26 travel agencies, over 1,000 accommodation establishments and 229 licensed tour guides, ensuring quality service for tourists. Ha Giang's tourism infrastructure has been upgraded and operated effectively.

In 2025, Ha Giang will continue to focus on community tourism, with the goal of preserving and promoting indigenous culture. Community tourism cultural villages have become an important part of the province's tourism development strategy, not only generating income for local people but also helping tourists have authentic and profound experiences of the lives of ethnic minorities.

One of the special features in Ha Giang’s tourism development strategy is the commitment not to increase prices during the holidays and “say no to overcharging”. This has built trust with tourists, making them always feel comfortable and secure when visiting this land.

According to Ms. Trieu Thi Tinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province, to give tourists more choices, Ha Giang province focuses on developing diverse types of tourism with unique local characteristics, focusing on cultural tourism products, eco-tourism, resorts, sports - adventure tourism, commercial tourism, and border tourism.

What is more special is that Ha Giang tourism has completely overcome seasonality, tourism products are exploited all year round, in which the main products throughout 12 months of the year are the indigenous cultural values ​​of 19 ethnic groups associated with models of cultural tourism villages; majestic natural landscapes and geological and geomorphological values...

Ha Giang is focusing on improving its infrastructure, from transportation to tourism services, to best serve tourists. In particular, the development of community tourism villages, environmental protection, and the development of eco-tourism and clean agriculture have helped Ha Giang affirm its position on the Vietnamese tourism map.

Bich Dao