Ba Be National Park, located in Bac Kan Province, is the premier tourist site in northeast Viet Nam. The Park is named after Ba Be Lake, Vietnam's largest and highest, natural freshwater lake, situated at about 150 meters above sea level. The Lake is the centerpiece of a landscape dominated by limestone mountains and covered in thick forest. Read more ...
The Nam Ha National Protected Area was established in 1993 with the introduction of the Lao PDR protected area system. Located in Luang Namtha province in northern Lao PDR, the National Park spans five districts and covers 222,400 hectares. Luang Namtha is home to more than 20 different ethnic groups, making it a remarkable repository of ethnic diversity and indigenous knowledge.
The Hoang Lien Sa Pa National Park was created in 2002, covering 29,845 hectares in Viet Nam's mountainous province of Lao Cai. The Hoang Lien Son range of mountains dominates the district, which is at the eastern extremity of the Himalayas. The Park borders Phong Tho District in Lai Chau Province to the east, the communes of Ho Mit, Pac Ta, Nam Can in Than Uyen District to the south and the Ta Giang Phin, Ta Phin, Ban Khoang, Trung Chai communes in Sa Pa District to the north. The Park has been demarcated into 11,800 hectares of strictly protected area; 17,900 hectares of ecology recovery area; and 38,724 hectares as buffer zone.
