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Geography?
Belongs to the Red River Delta, Thai Binh is a
granary of North Vietnam. The province is
surrounded by Hai Duong Province and Hai Phong
City on the north, Ha Nam and Hung Yen provinces
on the west, East Sea on the east and Nam Dinh
Province on the south.
Three faces of Thai Binh are Red, Luoc and Hoa
rivers, and one face is 53km seaside and no any
mountain.
The subsequent fertile soil was excellent for
growing grains, especially rice. Thai Binh rice
is acknowledged as the best strain in the North
of Vietnam. There are 200 types of aquaculture
and 2,500 kinds of rare birds, too.
Climate: On monsoon tropical region, Thai Binh
has cold winter (from November to April) and hot
summer (from May to October). Annual average
temperature is 23.5�C, the lowest temperature
is 4?C and the highest one is 38�C. Average
rainfall is from 1.400mm to 1.800mm.
Tourism
Due to its richness of aquatic products and
grains, locals here have created a number of
local specialties from their natural materials;
among of these the most famous are Canh Ca Quynh
Coi (Quynh Coi fish soup) and cay cake.
Coming to Thai Binh, tourists enjoy visiting
inshore sandbanks where rare birds stops, seeing
natural beauty in mangrove forest, swimming in
Dong Chau Beach, and joining interesting
traditional festivals. Well-known culture
constructions are Dong Bang, Tien La temples,
and Keo Pagoda. There are many valuable votive
objects and beautiful three-storey bell tower in
Keo Pagoda. Various flowers and fruits in Bach
Thuan Garden Village also attract many visitors
every year.
This province is rich of traditional handicraft
villages like weave fabric in Phuong La, mat
weave in Hoi, silver carve in Dong Xam, copper
casting in An Long, lace embroider in Minh Lang,
cay cake making in Nguyen Xa.
Visitors are able to enjoy many folk songs,
festival games in traditional festivals such as
water puppet in Nguyen Xa, cheo song in Khuoc,
fish and duck catching, rice cooking competition
and squib contests.
Transportation
Thai Binh City is 110km from Hanoi, 70km from
Haiphong, 18km from Nam Dinh. There are Tan De,
Thai Binh, and Trieu Duong bridges. National
Highway No.10 connects Thai Binh, Haiphong and
Nam Dinh and National Highway No.39 links the
province to Hung Yen. |
