Despite not being popular on social media, Tuyên Quang has many beautiful scenes that many have never heard of. This destination should be in your travel booklet as a not-to-be-missed place.
Tuyen Quang is a mountainous province in Northeastern Vietnam, at the center of Lo River valley, a tributary of the Red River. It is the neighbor of Ha Giang province to the North, Bac Kan, and Thai Nguyen provinces to the East, Yen Bai province to the West and Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho provinces to the South. This province with the majestic elevated mountains peaks exceeding 2,000m above sea level is the homeland of several ethnic groups such as Kinh, Tay, Dao, and Nung, of which, Kinh ethnic group contributes more than half of the province’s population.
Geography
Covering the area of 568,800 hectares with most of the land spending on agricultural purpose, Tuyen Quang has been developing more and more with over 50% labor force at young ages which have been the strength of this mountainous province in economic development. With the appearance of more and more industrial zones and the local committee’s enthusiasm in calling for external investment, the region face has been evolving considerably positive.
History
The French post at Tuyên Quang was defended for four months against 12,000 troops of the Yunnan Army and the Black Flag Army by two companies of the French Foreign Legion during the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885).[1] The Siege of Tuyên Quang is still remembered as one of the Legion’s most celebrated feats of arms, and is commemorated in the first verse of “Le Boudin“, its principal marching song.
During the French protectorate, Tuyên Quang served as a garrison. During the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Viet Minh made the Legionnaires surrender at the memorial to the Battle of Tuyên Quang in the First Indochina War (1946–54).
Local Perception
To Vietnamese, Tuyen Quang has another name ‘the capital city of revolutionary’. Tan Trao, Son Duong are used to be the places for the historical events and meetings associated with the national destiny held by the Central Party and Uncle Ho. On the very first difficult time of national magical revolutionary, Tuyen Quang people had to bear the exceptionally important mission; that is to build and protect the ATK, protect Uncle Ho, Party Committee, National Assembly, Government, and Battlefront as well as Central Ministries and headquarters of Lao revolution. Party Committee and Tuyen Quang people played the significant contribution to the battle to gain the national independence.
