Thursday 13 November 2008

Tam Dao

The southeast region of the Vinh Phuc province includes Tam Dao and Me Linh districts and Vinh Yen town. Due to geographical conditions, an ideal "tourist triangle" is formed including many beauty spots such as Tam Dao, Tay Thien, Dai Lai and Dam Vac for different forms of tourism.

On top of the list it Tam Dao scenic spot which emerges as a natural wonder classified as the first beauty attraction in north Vietnam. Tam Dao has been knows since the Ly and Tran dynasties in the 13th century. Not until the 20th century (1904 - 1906) was Tam Dao used as a tourist attraction. In the period before the revolution, the French built 200 villas, hotels, restaurants, sport yard, swimming pool and discotheque. At an altitude of 1000 metre above sea level, the temperature of Tam Dao ranges from 20 to 22 C with changes of seasons in a day. Tam Dao has become n attractive tourist and resort centre. Plan a short vacation for your travel? Visit Tam Dao woth Vietnam travel. Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists and people come for rest or convalescence. Places as Silver Waterfall, Dai Tuyet bridge, Wind temple, Cloud stairs, Perfume lake, Ha village Dam and primeval forest will forever stay in your memories.

GTZ To Enhance Effectiveness Of Natural Resource Use In Thai Nguyen

Tam Dao National Park, German Technical Cooperation's (GTZ) Tam Dao National Park and Buffer Zone Management Project, and Thai Nguyen Technical and Economic College (TN TEC) have signed a Cooperation Agreement on integrating Resource Use Planning methodology into the TN TEC’s training curriculum.

This cooperation agreement is considered first and important step for not only expanding RUP methodology into other localities, but also ensuring that RUP training and capacity building will continue when the project ends in September, 2009.

In collaboration with TDNP and local governmental planning agencies, RUP methodology had been developed and tested successfully by TDMP since 2004. The methodology has now been applied in 13 out of 27 communes of the TDNP Buffer Zone (TDNP BZ). Some district people’s committees have ratified RUP methodology as an official planning tool in preparing socio-economic development plans.

The GTZ Tam Dao National Park and Buffer Zone Management Project started in 2003, aims to improve the Park’s capacity for conservation and management as well as contribute to biodiversity conservation and improve the environment and livelihood of people living in the Buffer Zone.

Tam Dao National Park was established in March 1996, and is located about 70 km north of Hanoi. At 34,995 ha, it is one of the largest national parks in Vietnamand one of the last natural areas close to urban Hanoi.

Situated on the northern fringe of the Red River Delta, the Tam Dao mountain range forms a unique ecological island of about 80 km in length. The park contains dense tropical rainforests with species from the tropical forests of South East Asia, the temperate forests of Southern China and the alpine forests of the eastern Himalaya. Rising steeply from densely populated lowlands to a peak of 1,529m above sea-level, these forests support a variety of ecosystems and micro-habitats of high biodiversity.

Book On Tam Dao’s Birds Debuts

The photographer, who has spent over a decade capturing the varied wildlife, jointly collaborated with the Tam Dao National Park’s management board and the German Government-funded buffer zone management project to invite visitors to discover the diversity and richness of bird species in the National Park by taking a virtual tour through the book.
Commenced in 2003, the GTZ Tam Dao National Park and Buffer Zone Management Project aims to improve the Tam Dao National Park ’s conservation and management capacity, with a view to preserving the park’s biodiversity, the local environment and livelihood of people living in the buffer zone.
Located about 70km north of Ha Noi, Tam Dao National Park has a total area of 36,900 ha. It is one of the largest national parks in the country and one of the last natural areas close to fast urbanised Ha Noi.
The national park is currently home to around 1,300 species of floras and 1,200 species of fauna with many of whom can only be found in Tam Dao or northern Viet Nam.