Dong Van is known as a place with many majestic, wild and beautiful natural landscapes that are equally sparkling and fanciful. This is also a great place for those who want to check-in “virtually life”. Let’s take a look at the top 12 interesting Dong Van attractions below to see what’s attractive!
Places to visit in Dong Van are not going to be a lifelong regret
1. Doc Tham Ma
Doc Tham Ma is the first pass that you need to conquer to step foot in Dong Van land. Located on Highway 4C, the slope has 9 5km long curves, connecting the road from Yen Minh town, Quan Ba district to Pho Fox, Dong Van district. This is one of the beautiful passes you need to conquer to step foot in Dong Van land.
Shui Po (Photo @ngocthao)
Seen from above, Doc Tham Ma is like a soft silk strip lying in the middle of the mountain with many dangerous curves. With the fanciful imagination, people liken these cat-hand bends to the knots of the soft silk fabric. 
There are 9 winding circles (Photo @thanhhoa)
The innocent beauty of the babies in Doc Shen Ma (Photo @nguyentruongtho)
The reason this place is called Doc Tham Ma because in the past, people chose horses to raise by letting the horses pull the goods from the bottom of the slope up, when the top of the animal was still healthy, people would keep raising the slope. This is called Tham Ma. The majestic mountains and hills on both sides of the road and the soft and graceful beauty of the slope have left an unforgettable impression in the hearts of many travelers.
2. Dong Van Stone Plateau
About 300km from Hanoi, Dong Van rocky plateau is famous for its wild and poetic beauty, like a “gray paradise” in the highlands. This is a common rock plateau of four districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van, and Meo Vac.
The majestic natural scenery of mountains and hills (Photo @tuanhanoi)
Located at an average altitude of 1000 – 1600m above sea level, the rocky plateau with gray mountains interrupted with one color of cat-ear rock creating a wild and rustic landscape. The UNESCO Global GGN GGN Network of Geopark Advisory Council considers that the Dong Van karst plateau is one of the special limestone areas, where the history of the development of the crust, natural phenomena, is marked.
The unique natural landscape, high biodiversity and long-standing cultural traditions of indigenous peoples. On October 3, 2010, the file “Dong Van Plateau Geopark” was officially recognized by the Council as a Global Geopark. This is a pride for the people of Dong Van as this noble title is unique in Vietnam and second in Southeast Asia.
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“Gray paradise” with cat ears cliffs (Photo @tuanhanoi)
3. The field of triangular flowers in Sung La
When going from Dong Van to the rocky plateau, you will encounter a village with picturesque triangular fields. It is the village and Sung La commune, where Pao’s house is located – one of the scenes from the famous movie “The Tale of Pao” . The ideal point for a panoramic view of the village “picture” is Pho Bang junction, where a beautiful pass embraces a green valley.
Charm Is (Photo @hangdo)
Looking down from the middle of the road , Sung La appears among the undulating rocky mountains along with solid houses, the roof has faded over time. In addition, there is also a field of triangular flowers, canola flowers on high land hills and rose valley. Promises to be an ideal virtual living place to get extreme photo shoots.
The young green color of corn and rice dotted with lilac purple of triangular flowers in harmony with the yellow of sunlight. It all looks like a picture of a harmonious, peaceful, and beautiful nature, leaving a lot of love and nostalgia in the heart of visitors. 
Field of flowers triangular circuit
Babies in Sung La (Photo @tranvanchien)
4. The top of the cloud flowing through Sa Phin – Pho Bang
When you come to Bang Street, you will have to pass through a mountain pass, from here you can see the panoramic view of Sung La in the fanciful space of mountain clouds and fog. This is also an ideal “virtual living” place because at this high position, it is possible to capture the majestic mountains and forests of Sung La valley .
From Sung La, passing a junction and turning sideways towards the border markers, you have reached the territory of Pho Bang town. Hidden among the rocky plateau valleys with four sides of mountains, several dozen roofs, scattered on the main road in Pho Bang appeared with a strange mysterious look. This place used to be the capital of Dong Van and later moved to the present location.
Vice Table
The road leading to Pho Bang kept circling from mountain range to mountain range and the valley was empty, but in the middle of the barren rocky plateau there was a valley of beautiful flowers. The beautiful flowers give off a gentle scent that makes people forget about fatigue in the heat of heaven and earth. About 4-5km from the commune center is Pho Bang border gate. It’s even more beautiful here in winter because it can snow. If possible, you should go to the flower fields here to visit and “take pictures”!
Sa Phin (Photo @thuongtrinh)
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The houses over a hundred years old are inhabited by the Mong and Chinese. With old wooden doors glued to old Chinese words, mossy brown walls, yin-yang roofs, time-colored houses have made the atmosphere here a bit peaceful and dreamy in the heart. plateau.
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5. Royal Palace
Nha Vuong Palace is an interesting Dong Van sightseeing spot that you should visit. The palace was built in the Sa Phin valley (Dong Van, Ha Giang) with an area of 1,120 square meters. The two sides of the road leading into the Vuong’s house are surrounded by vertical and green sandy trees all year round. In particular, there is a block of soil rising high like a turtle’s hood, symbolizing the golden god.
The entrance to the King’s house is 15 stone steps including stone steps, square, carved with many sophisticated patterns. The Vuong Dynasty was built with green stone materials, pine wood and terracotta tiles with 4 horizontal houses, 6 vertical houses, divided into the front palace, the middle palace and the rear palace.
Cat’s Palace (Photo @thanhhoa)
Legend has it that King Vuong was a Mong ethnic leader, the head of the Vuong family 1 century ago. Because of the wealth through growing, processing and trading opium with China and Burma, the palace has a food warehouse, opium warehouse, and an arsenal of weapons. In the mansion area still retains some artifacts of the Vuong family such as altar, wardrobe, desk, dining table, rice mortar … Behind the stone gate is a magnificent mansion. Here, visitors not only can take souvenir photos and admire the architecture but also hear the people here pass on mysterious stories about the famous Meo King.
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The Wang residence was built for 8 years by the skilled craftsmen of the Yunnan region. In 1993, the Palace was classified as an artistic architectural relic. By 2004, the State had spent 7.5 billion VND to restore all on the principle of relic conservation.
6 Lung Cu Flagpole and North Pole Landmark
The flagpole located on the top of Lung Cu with an altitude of about 1,700m above sea level in Lung Cu commune, Dong Van district, Ha Giang province is an interesting Dong Van Ha Giang attraction for travelers who love to travel. the northernmost point of the country. Lung Cu flagpole is designed and built in the model of the capital flagpole, but a little smaller. The flagpole stands tall on the top of Dragon Mountain with a red flag with yellow stars flying proudly in the sun like a masterpiece in the middle of the sky.
Lung Cu flagpole (Photo @thanhhoa)
The view from the flagpole looks down
Red flag with yellow star on Lung Cu top
Conquer 389 steps and you can reach the top of the flagpole. About 3km from Lung Cu flagpole is a symbolic north pole. You can visit and take souvenir photo with this northernmost landmark. Standing on the Landscape Observatory, you can see the panoramic view of the Thene Quanh valley on the right and the upstream of the Nho Que River (starting from Yunnan, China) on the left.
Nho Que River (Photo @thanhhoa)
7. Milestone 428
Landmark 428 is one of the Vietnam-China border markers, but not yet at the North Pole, but closest to the North Pole. The landmark is located about 500m from Nho Que River, along the way the birds fly. Nho Que River is a common river of Vietnam and China and is also the boundary of the two countries. Here visitors can check-in, take photos and admire the beauty of Nho Que River from above.
Milestone 428
8. Dong Van Ancient Town
One of the places to visit Dong Van that you definitely visit when coming to Ha Giang is Dong Van Old Street. Dong Van Old Street is located in Dong Van town, Dong Van, Ha Giang dating back hundreds of years. The central area of old Dong Van town belongs to Dong Quan, Nguyen Binh Chau, Tuong Van, Tuyen Quang province with architecture and culture with a history of hundreds of years development.
Dong Van Ancient Town
In the 1880s, when occupying this area, the French made plans and left unique architectures still intact today, especially Dong Van market (old). Dong Van ancient town is nearly 1 km long with nearly 40 old houses built with walls, yin and yang tiled roofs, stone foundations. On the full moon days, the street is decorated with colorful lanterns, creating a sparkling, romantic scene for the neighborhood.
The houses with roof tiles, yin and yang
9. Dong Van Market
The next destination that you should not miss during your trip to Dong Van is Dong Van ancient market. Located next to the ancient town of Dong Van, Dong Van market is the largest center of economic exchange, commodity exchange and cultural exchange in the Dong Van rocky plateau. Each week, the market has a single session on Sunday for the ethnic minorities in the area to trade and meet each other.
Bustling market in Dong Van (Photo @hoangquyen)
At the fairs, this place is crowded and bustling like celebrating festivals with colorful costumes of the Dao, Mong, Tay, Nung, Giay, Lo Lo …, pouring from the mountains to the market. They brought their produce and agricultural products to sell… Someone had to go from 3am, cross the mountains to get down to the market.
In addition, when coming here, visitors will see ethnic girls in hand-woven dresses, mothers carrying their children while opening a small vegetable stall. If you want to feel all the culture of Ha Giang, the Old Quarter is an ideal place.
10. Ma Pi Leng Pass
La Pi Leng Pass (or Ma Pi Leng) literally means “horse nose bridge” is the name of the dangerous pass, also a familiar name for those who love to conquer adventure. This legendary road is about 20km long, located on Hanh Phuc Street in the three communes of Lai Lung, Pa Vi and Xin Cai (Meo Vac, Ha Giang) in the Dong Van plateau. 
Ma Pi Leng Pass
The pass has an altitude of about 2000m above sea level, is made up of a series of sediments including limestone, shale shale, silicic limestone containing fossils about 426 million years ago, including many slides and cracks caused by mountain-forming activities. Due to the diversity of geology, this place is known by French scholars, from a hundred years ago, Dong Van Rock Plateau Global Geopark or “Geological Monument” of Vietnam.
Although Ma Pi Leng Pass is not long, it is the most dangerous one in the same mountain in the North and is considered as the “king” of the Vietnamese passes. The pass was completed in the efforts of tens of thousands of workers in the northern provinces in 11 months. Coming to the pass, visitors will be amazed at the majestic mountain and forest space, the pass is like a soft silk strip winding along the mountainside, surrounded by jagged cliffs, full of the vastness of clouds. sky mountains and forests.
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The pass was completed after 11 months of hard work day and night for tens of thousands of workers from all over the Northern provinces. Setting foot on Ma Pi Leng, visitors will be amazed at the majestic mountains and forests, the pass is like a soft silk strip winding along the mountainside, deep cliffs attract the depths, full of immense immensity. of clouds, mountains and forests. Below is a deep pool, Nho Que river is just as small as a thread, splitting the area in half is the top of Ma Pi Leng and the other is Sam Pun (Sam Pun) . View from above if you want to get down to the water of the river takes more than a day.
Around the pass are overlapping hills and deep pools
The scene here is picturesque between the abyss and the mountains and hills, which is even more brilliant at the end of the year when the fields of triangular flowers show off each other. In addition, when you sometimes see many H’mong people walking on the pass, they go to the market, collect firewood, get corn, … Rest, drink a cup of tea and enjoy the fresh air that cannot be found anywhere else in the city.
11. The house in the movie ‘The Tale of Pao’
Located right next to Lung Cam cultural village about 300m is the filming location of a famous Vietnamese movie that won the Golden Kite Award – “Story of Pao”. Pao’s house has a mysterious, rustic, characteristic of Mongolian culture in the middle of the Stone Plateau. The house is beautifully reported in each movie, making everyone want to visit once in their life.
The house that was supposed to be set up as a setting only seen on the screen now exists as a real ‘masterpiece’. Pao’s house has a mysterious, rustic, characteristic of Mongolian culture in the middle of the Stone Plateau, which is carefully designed and meticulously with the old beauty of the past. The concrete path leading to the house is prominent with rice fields, weed fields, most beautiful in rice season, canola season, plum blossoms, peach blossom, triangular flowers season. 
The house in the movie “Story of Pao”
Wooden gate leading into the house with two stone walls assembled from jagged stones, completely made by human hands. Above the gate is the yin-yang tile roof imprinted with time. Right behind the gate are peach trees, plum trees come every Tet, when the spring comes, flowers bear fruit, creating colorful dots for the mysterious dark moss-colored picture.
Check-in is extremely “quality” at Pao’s House
Currently, Pao’s house is home to a family of “four great paths”. Whenever there are tourists visiting, the children in the house are shy, innocent, happy when someone comes to visit, take pictures or enjoy being given cakes or candies. Come here, in addition to seeing the scenery, you can also try the daily works of the Mong people such as milling paddy, weaving cloth.
12. Green valley in Pho Cao commune
Pho Fox – a valley located in the northwestern part of Dong Van rocky plateau , is both peaceful and brings the breath of new life. The wilderness and serenity of the cat-ear rocky mountain with the gray color of the mountain rock seems to be reduced as corn, soybeans and flax trees are reaching out to green, creating a peaceful and beautiful Fox Street. mother or human heart.
Green valley in Fox Street
In Pho Cao commune, in June, July there is a rainy season, in September, October there are triangular flowers blooming, but the most beautiful scenery in Ha Giang. If you travel in Ha Giang , you must put Pho Cao on your “must go” list. It only takes about 20 minutes to drive from Dong Van plateau, you can visit and take pictures of the ancient houses here and visit the largest triangular flower garden in Ha Giang.
Spindly peach branches in Fox Street (Photo @jady_phanhuong)
Flower field in Fox Street
The above are interesting sightseeing places that should not be missed when exploring the land of Ha Giang . Wish you have an enjoyable sightseeing trip with memorable experiences!
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