Culture
Life of ethnic minorities near Phong Nha Ke Bang
Many ethnic people near Phong Nha – Ke Bang lives in the isolated area because they are in backward condition, so that they plant mainly in the mountainous area with very backward cultivation. The majority of ethnic people in Phong Nha – Ke Bang lives in the isolated area because they are in backward condition, [...] Read more
Chut people in Phong Nha Ke Bang
The common economic structure of the Chut in Phong Nha – Ke Bang includes forms: shifting cultivation , cultivation in the mountainous area, in the delta area, farming, doing sideline and exploitation(hunting, fishing, picking) Ethnologists have researched and showed the anthropology data of Chut as below: Stature quite short (157metres), Female is shorter than Male [...] Read more
Features of Ethnic minorities living near Phong Nha Ke Bang
Economic features in each group of ethnic minorities living near Phong Nha Ke Bang has different features. Bru – Vankieu minority ethnic group Bru-Vankieu is the largest population of the minority ethnic groups m in the Truong Son North range. As Nguyen Dinh Khoa (Minority Ethnics in the North of Viet Nam), the Bru -Vankieu [...] Read more
Phong Nha – an impressive amount of evidence of earth’s history
Phong Nha displays an impressive amount of evidence of earth’s history. According to the assessment of UNESCO, the karst formation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Palaeozoic (some 400 million years ago) and so is the oldest major karst area in Asia and Phong Nha displays an impressive amount of evidence [...] Read more
Meaning of the name Phong Nha-Ke Bang
The name Phong Nha-Ke Bang includes Phong Nha cave and Ke Bang limestone forest. Phong Nha is widely explained as originating from Hán which means wind-tooth (wind flowing from the cave and stalactites and stalagmites inside the cave looking like teeth), but other theorires suggest that Phong Nha is the name of a nearby village [...] Read more
