In a stunning display of innovation, farmers in Chi Lang, Lang Son province, are using cable cars to harvest custard apples from steep mountainsides, leading to an unprecedented revenue windfall of 800 billion VND ($33 million).

A delegation of experts from UNESCO made a field trip to the northern province of Lang Son from July 6 -10 for on-site assessment of the dossier submitted to the organisation to seek the organisation's recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.

In a shocking incident, a 29-year-old man from Bac Son district, Lang Son province, was struck by lightning while inside his bedroom.

A dossier has been built by the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to seek the UNESCO recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.

The People's Committee of Lang Son Province is preparing a dossier of the Lang Son geopark area to submit to UNESCO for global recognition.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern border province of Lang Son Ho Tien Thieu has recently signed a decision approving a project on the building of an expressway connecting Huu Nghi border gate with Chi Lang district.

Five people were killed and nine others injured in a traffic accident on October 31 in Lang Son Province.

Lang Son province will focus on rapidly developing the border gate economy to promote growth and economic restructuring; strengthening negotiations and exchanges with Chinese partners to quickly clear customs at secondary border gates.

Promoting the official operation of the specialized cargo transport route in the 1088-1089 area and become a customs clearance route at Huu Nghi (Vietnam) - Youyi Guan (China) international border gate before June 1 2023.

Serious congestion has occurred at some border gates in the northern province of Lang Son as thousands of trucks transporting fruit for export to China await customs clearance.

UNESCO experts are willing to share experience and support the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to build a dossier for a global geopark, UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Christian Manhart pledged on February 23.

Chairman of the Lang Son Provincial People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu held a meeting with BayWa r.e. Wind Projects Vietnam Co. Ltd. on June 8 to discuss investment in wind power projects in the northern mountainous province.

An international conference took place in Lang Son on November 29 to discuss how to take advantage of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in building a 3,900-sqkm geopark in the northern mountainous province.