Thai Nguyen Province
- Area: 3,542.6 sq. km.
- Population: 1,108,900 habitants (2005)
- Capital: Thai Nguyen City.
- Administrative divisions
- Town: Song Cong
- Districts: Dinh Hoa, Dai Tu, Vo Nhai, Dong Hy, Phu Luong, Phu Binh, Pho Yen.
- Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Tay, Nung, San Diu…
Situated in Far North – East Vietnam, 80km from Hanoi. There is daily train from Hanoi to Quan Trieu, about 8km from center of Thai Nguyen City. Annual average temperature is 25ºC. Thai Nguyen has revolutionary tradition, historical vestiges including Van, Vo mountains, Dinh Hoa ATK vestige, and Duom Temple… Tourists are attracted by scenery of Nui Coc Reservoir.
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Nui Coc Lake
Nui Coc Lake is a reservoir with the area of 25km2, 23m depth. The lake is surrounded by mountains and includes 89 islands, concealing mysterious legends, some covered with trees and others housing flocks of storks or mountain goats. Nearby the lake, Coc Mountain stands imposingly amid the blue sky, the bright sunshine over every blade of grass and twig, all creating marvelous and splendid scenery. The lake comprises many islets; some are covered with trees, some with flocks of birds, and others with mountain goats. About 40 species of birds and 15 species of mammals have been recorded in the reservoir area.
Thai Nguyen Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups
Located in centre of Thai Nguyen City. The museum is a repository depicting the culture of ethnic groups living throughout the Vietnam. The Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups was established in 1960 in an area of 39,000m2 of which 3,000m2 is used for exhibition. It contains more than 10,000 documents, and artifacts belong to the cultural heritage of 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam. The museum also presents an extensive collection of agricultural, handicraft, and hunting tools. Typical ritual clothes with bright colors and decorative motifs of different ethnic minorities are also exhibited. The Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups is a repository depicting the culture of ethnic groups living throughout the nation. It is also a place for people to learn about the origins and traditional cultural identities of every ethnic group in Vietnam.
