Discover the "Northernmost Point" Lung Cu Dong Van

CGTĐT - In addition to the famous place name of the northernmost point "Lung Cu National Flagpole" Dong Van. In Dong Van district, behind Lung Cu Flagpole, there is also a small piece of land jutting out towards the Nho Que River, called Seo Lung Cape, or also considered the "Northernmost Cape" of the Fatherland.

“The North Point” is exactly a rocky outcrop on the bank of the Nho Que River, within the administrative boundaries of Seo Lung village, Lung Cu commune, Dong Van district, Ha Giang province. According to recorded documents, in 1960, when writer Nguyen Tuan made a field trip to Ha Giang, he set foot on the land of Lung Cu commune. At that time, the Lung Cu national flagpole had not been planted on the top of Dragon Mountain as it is today. Arriving at “The North Point”, Nguyen Tuan hung a map of Vietnam on the wall of a Mong family’s house here, then took a string and placed it at the North point from Seo Lung promontory, Seo Lung village and let it drop vertically; the end point of the string coincided with the southern end point in Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province, with coordinates of 8 degrees 30 minutes North latitude, 104 degrees 50 minutes East longitude. Nguyen Tuan was very surprised and thought that this was the “Northernmost” point of the Fatherland. Since then, Seo Lung Cape, the northernmost cape of the Fatherland, has been called "Northern Cape".

“Northern Cape” taken from afar. (Photo st)

“The North Point” is located in a rugged and difficult-to-travel area. In fact, “The Lung Cu National Flagpole” or Milestone 428 (the dividing point between Vietnam and China) are both symbols of the northernmost point of the country that backpackers want to conquer in their journey to discover places. In fact, the Vietnam-China border is much farther. According to satellite maps, the distance between the real “The North Point” and the Lung Cu flagpole is 3.3km, and about 2.2km from Milestone 428 as the crow flies. Therefore, tourists consider the Lung Cu flagpole, more than 3km away, as a milestone when exploring the northernmost point of the country.

Travel to explore the landmarks of Lung Cu commune

Coming to Lung Cu commune to visit the northernmost point of the country, tourists can learn and visit Lung Cu National Flagpole. At the foot of the flagpole, only about 1km away, tourists can visit the Lo Lo Chai village community cultural tourism village, this is one of the oldest and smallest ethnic groups in Ha Giang as well as Vietnam, considered a fairyland because of its beautiful natural scenery, with a natural lake called "long nhan"; traditional yin-yang tiled roof and rammed earth houses of the Ha Giang Stone Plateau; typical stone fences; peach blossoms, pear blossoms, plum blossoms, decorated with colorful costumes of Lo Lo girls.

The peaceful beauty of the Lo Lo Chai Community Cultural Tourism Village.

To have the most meaningful and complete experience when visiting Lung Cu, visitors need to pay attention to personal clothing according to the season, because this is one of the places with very harsh weather in Ha Giang. This is also a border point, so there are many sensitive issues, visitors need to carefully research information if they want to visit the border markers or the boundary between the two countries.

Source: https://hagiang.gov.vn/diem-du-lich-danh-lam-thang-canh/kham-pha-mom-tot-bac-lung-cu-dong-van-610190