Bắc Giang is a province of Vietnam, located in the Northeast region of the country, and situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the east of Hanoi.

[3] The province lies in the Red River Delta and is bordered by Quảng Ninh to the east, Lạng Sơn to the north, Thái Nguyên and the urban district of Sóc Sơn in the capital Hanoi to the west, and Bắc Ninh and Hải Dương to the south.

Bắc Giang's history is traced to the Hùng kings of the Hong Bang period, when Vietnam was known as Văn Lang.

In 1891 after the return of the districts of Bảo Lộc and Phượng Nhỡn back to Bắc Ninh province, Lục Nam was abolished and integrated into Đạo Quan Binh I.

In 1896, the prefecture of Đa Phúc and the Kim Anh District was returned to Bắc Ninh Province.

In March 1945, Japanese troops conducted multiple massacres of French prisoners of war in Bắc Giang province.

Immediately after the surrender of the Bắc Giang garrison, they bayoneted 45 prisoners of war to death; four badly wounded men survived.

On 1 July 1956, upon the formation of the Autonomous Region of Northern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Khu Tự Trị Việt Bắc), the Hữu Lũng District was transferred to Lạng Sơn Province.

The farmland in the province is good for intensive farming of rice, vegetable, and fruit crops, and bulb trees.

It has railway lines from Bắc Giang to Hanoi, Lạng Sơn, Thái Nguyên, and mineral areas in Quảng Ninh by train.

[14] To the northeastern end of the province, along the border with Quảng Ninh there is the Khe Rỗ forest, spanning 71.53 km2, with a rich biodiversity.

Bronze ore reserves (100,000 tonnes) have been found in Lục Ngạn and Sơn Động districts.

As a result, several economic farming models were introduced, which resulted in "Rural Economic Development", social consumer retail sales, and services got a boost, the poverty rate (2005 level) reduced to 17.78%, and textiles and garment exports accounted for about US$130 million, which was 76% of the province's export turnover.

Infrastructure such as National Highways and rural roads were substantially expanded, towns were better planned and beautified.

Key Industries like fertilizer, high technology, engineering, building materials, assembling automobiles, agricultural processing, forestry products, textiles and electric power generation are planned with the objective of achieving a GDP growth rate of 11-12% by 2020.

[34] The Thac Huong Irrigation Scheme in the Yên Thế district, adjacent to Thái Nguyên province and west of Hanoi, was implemented in the early 20th century by the-then French colonial government.

Navigation was part of its beneficial uses as a transport route for shipment of rice and salt from Hai Phong to Thái Nguyên.

However, the energy dissipation arrangements of the dam have been damaged, several times since it was built, by floods and bombing raids.

According to the Research Institute of Fruits and Vegetables (RIFAV), 33 accessions have been identified as 33 cultivars [clarification needed] of lychee grown in different locations in home gardens and consolidated farms.

It has several monuments such as the Khe Rỗ Primitive Forest, Xương Giang, the Ancient Citadel, Cấm Sơn Lake, Đức La Pagoda and Thọ Hà Communal House.

[11] The An Lạc commune has a newly developed Ecotourism program running out of several homestays to help preserve and share the cultural heritage of local ethnic minorities.

Tours through the forest, passed waterfalls and lakes, and treks up Khau Tron Peak are available through local guides.

The pagoda is surrounded by an expanse of rice-fields, amidst villages and hamlets around green bamboo groves.

There are two Thap Dien niches where very large statues of Thien Wong, Dia Tang and Long Than are installed.

The Thien Huong Palace, adjacent to this, is an exquisite structure, which has three horizontal panels and a gilded door.

Within this zone is a simple building built with wooden planks and decorated with natural scenes of sky and clouds.

The fourth zone is another ancestral shrine with two statues made in the architectural style of the Nguyễn dynasty.

The roof frame is decorated with engravings of "ladies in long dresses wearing their hair in buns or turbans, riding phoenixes and dragons or dancing over the floating clouds".

There is also an inscription on a stone, which says that the Tho Ha Communal House was built out of contributions from local villagers.

This zone consists of a network of tunnels as defense works against any army attacks by bombs and guns.