Dong Van stone plateau: Beauty of harmony with stone

On 3 October 2010, Dong Van stone plateau was recognised a global geo-park by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), making it the only one of its kind in Vietnam and the second in Southeast Asia.

On the stone plateau, it rains nearly all the year round, but it has a specific beauty that is rarely seen elsewhere.

The roads are high and dangerous but picturesque on the plateau.

An ancient village of the Mong ethnic minority people.

The imposing scenery seen from Ma Pi Leng Pass.

The natural and honest beauty of highland people.

People have to live competitively but harmoniously with stones.

Foreign tourists are attracted by the beauty of the stone plateau.

Peaceful towns and villages among stones.

Lung Cu, Vietnam’s northernmost point, is considered the roof of the nation, where the national flag flies all day and night.

Dinh family’s building, an unique architectural construction of the highland region, has been recognised as a relic and protected since 1993.