Tag: red-river-delta

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• Chèo: the folk opera of the Red River delta

  Chèo is northern Vietnam's village folk opera, mixing comic satire, sung verse and moral folk tales. Here is its Red River delta origin and how it compares to tuồng and cải lương.

  culture · Updated 2026-07-05
• Hà Nam province: Bái Đính Pagoda and Tam Chúc

  Hà Nam is a small Red River delta province best known for the sprawling Tam Chúc pagoda complex and Bà Đanh pagoda, and it works well as a day trip from Hanoi.

  regions · Updated 2026-07-05
• Hải Dương province: green bean cakes and the Con Son forest

  Hải Dương pairs a major industrial corridor east of Hanoi with the forested Côn Sơn–Kiếp Bạc historical site and the province's famous green bean cakes.

  regions · Updated 2026-07-05
• Hưng Yên province: Phố Hiến and the Red River delta longan

  Hưng Yên was once Phố Hiến, a 17th-century trading port that rivaled Thăng Long, and today it is better known for longan orchards and quiet Red River delta temples.

  regions · Updated 2026-07-05
• Nam Định province: Phở origins and the Trần dynasty

  Nam Định claims to be the true birthplace of phở, not Hanoi, and it is the ancestral seat of the Trần dynasty and Vietnam's largest Catholic community.

  regions · Updated 2026-07-05
• Thái Bình province: chèo folk theatre and the Chua Keo pagoda

  A rice-growing province wedged between two river mouths in the Red River delta, known for the Chùa Keo pagoda and as one of the historical strongholds of chèo folk theatre.

  regions · Updated 2026-07-05