It is said that late in the 17th century, a group of people from Malaysia travelled to Cambodia by boat for settlement, and one century later, they travelled on to An Giang Province. They were the first generation of the ethnic minority Cham people that are still living together with Vietnamese, Chinese and Khmer people in the delta at the present.
Towering mountains are a distinct feature of Lang Son Province and the tallest, Mau Son (Mother Mountain), is pretty well the symbol of the border upland province.
Better service, cheaper tickets and a robust economy meant Vietnamese residents chose the airways over boat travel last year, while the number of train passengers fell dramatically.
