1. Population: 520,19

2. Geographical features:Territory: 8,445 square km

    Cao Bang is a border, mountainous province, located in the North-East of Vietnam. It is adjacent to Lang Son province to the East, Ha Giang to the West, Bac Can to the South, Quang Tay (China) to the North. It has 314 km of border with China.

3. Ethnic groups: 7

• Tay: 247,884 people
• Nung: 185,614 people
• Dao: 60,334 people
• Mong: 38,433 people

4. Religions:

• Kinh: 23,780 people
• San Chi: 5,169 people
• Hoa: 1,226 people
• Others: 2,674 people

• Budhhism: 300 believers.
• Catholicism: 409 believers.

5. Cultural institution:

• Classified relics (as of 7/5/1997): 20
• Historical relics:19
• Cultural relic: 1

6.Scenic spots:

• Thang Hen lake (Quoc Toan ward, Tra Linh district)
• Ban Gioc waterfall (Dam Thuy ward, Trung Khanh district)  

7. Festivals:

• Da Quan pagoda festival (Hung Dao ward, Hoa An district): from the ninth of the first moon of the lunar calendar.
• Spring festival (Soc Ha ward, Ha Quang district): from the ninth of the first moon of the lunar calendar.
• Nung Tri Cao temple festival (Vinh Quang ward, Hoa An district): from the tenth of the first moon of the lunar calendar.
• Quang Hoa and Tahc An firework festivals: from the second of the second moon of the lunar calendar.
• Sung Phuc pagoda festival (Thanh Nhat ward, Ha Lang district): from the fifteenth of the first moon of the lunar calendar.
• Thanh Minh festival (Phuc Senward, Quang Hoa district): from the third of the third moon of the lunar calendar.