Vietnam - Northern Area
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A ferry near Haiphong, the seaport for Hanoi. |
| Basaltic rock formations at Ha Long Bay, east of Haiphong. This is a spectacularly beautiful, but grindingly poor, part of the country. | ![]() |
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This hydro-electric power plant at Hoa Binh, south-west of Hanoi, supplies a major proportion of the electricity used in the northern part of the country. |