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• Bản Giốc Waterfall: Getting There and When to Go

  Vietnam's largest waterfall, straddling the Chinese border in Cao Bằng — the bus-and-transfer route from Hà Nội, the 2–3 day motorbike alternative, best season for full flow, the raft ride, and what the border zone means for visitors.

  attractions · Updated 2026-07-20
• Cao Bằng Motorbike Loop

  Northeast border country — Bản Giốc waterfall, Pác Bó cave, Phong Nậm valley, limestone karst, and far fewer tourists than the Hà Giang loop.

  attractions · Updated 2026-07-05
• Mạc dynasty (1527–1592): the northern breakaway court

  How general Mạc Đăng Dung usurped the Lê throne in 1527, ruled from Thăng Long, and how his heirs held out in Cao Bằng as a rump court until 1677.

  history · Updated 2026-07-05
• Cao Bằng

  Vietnam's quietest northern frontier province — home to Ban Gioc, the country's biggest waterfall, the cave where Hồ Chí Minh hid in 1941, and a motorbike loop that gets a fraction of Hà Giang's traffic.

  regions · Updated 2026-07-05