[6][7] With its rich mineral resources and salubrious climate, the province offers significant opportunities for industrial development for both domestic and foreign investors.

According to the General Statistics Office of the Government of Vietnam, the population of Thái Nguyên province as of 2019 was 1,286,751 with a density of 364 people per km2 over a total land area of 3,526.64 km2 (1,361.64 sq mi).

Vo Nhai District has lowest population density with 72 inhabitants/km2 and Thái Nguyên city has the highest with 1,260 inhabitants/km2.

The exchange is carried out via road, rail and waterways in the province[6] Main water features include the Công River and Núi Cốc Lake.

In the southwest is the Tam Đảo mountain range, located on the northern fringe of the Red River Delta.

Many of the mountains of Thái Nguyên province provide shelter for a considerable part from monsoon winds.

With terrain sloping from high mountains to the low zones and midlands, in terms temperature in winter, Thái Nguyên has three climatic sub-zones.

Hilly land accounts for 31.4% area and is made of condensed sand, clay and ancient alluvia.

Field land accounts 12.4%, a part of which is scattered along streams and can be easily exposed to severe meteorological conditions (such as sudden floods and droughts) and is difficult to harvest.

The city is located on the bank of the Cầu River has a geographical area of approximately 17,707 hectares (43,750 acres) and its population was 228,064 in 2005.

In the same period, foreign-invested enterprises generated close to US$23 billion, an increase of 2.3 percent over the previous year.

Samsung's establishment of a mobile phone manufacturing complex in the province has dramatically boosted Thai Nguyen's FDI.

In a bid to attract investors with industrial expertise, the province is concentrating on improving the local investment climate.

In December 2020, Hong Kong's electronic firm, DBG Technology, was awarded an investment certificate by provincial authorities to set up a US$80 million manufacturing facility.

In November 2020, South Korean touchscreen manufacturer Samju Vina, injected capital to add a second plant in Thai Nguyen.

For enhancing its overall competitiveness, Thai Nguyen is actively encouraging the private and high-tech sectors to develop production clusters and connect value chains.

The province is promoting infrastructure investment in its 105-hectare Quyet Thang Hi-Tech Industrial Park that is situated eight kilometers away from Thai Nguyen city center.

The province aims to attract investment in secondary industries that complement the Samsung group and increase its localization degree.

The investment locations promoted by Thai Nguyen include the industrial zones in Yen Binh, Diem Thuy, and Song Cong.

To raise funds, Thai Nguyen provincial authorities encouraged investors to lease land for 50 years for a one lump sum payment.

The lake waters feeds an irrigation canal and a small hydroelectric power station with three units of 630 KW capacity each, for a total output of about 2 GWh.

The rail spur connecting Luu Xa and Kép was a strategic line constructed between October 1965 and December 1966 by a railroad engineering division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, who operated in North Vietnam repairing railway lines at the request of Ho Chi Minh.

Several islands feature historic remains, protected breeding sites for birds, or feral goats.

[20] Historical Safe Zone (An toàn khu – ATK) locates in Định Hóa district.

This was the place where president Ho Chi Minh had lived for several years in The Resistance War against France (1945 -1954) Besides its famous tea, the province is known for such local culinary specialties as bún chả and phở noodle dishes, Định Hóa rice, Dầy cake, and hill chicken.

But its most famous food is Bánh chưng from Bờ Đậu village about 10 km north of Thái Nguyên City in Phú Lương District, where both sides of the road are lined with shops selling the local specialty made from glutinous rice cake, mung bean puree, and pork wrapped in aromatic leaves (usually Stachyphrynium placentarium, sometimes banana) and tied up with string made from a kind of bamboo, which can be used to slice the rice cake into portions for sharing.