Located in Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, Cao Bang Province, Phat Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc Pagoda is the first pagoda ever built in the northern province of Viet Nam. The pagoda was designed in traditional Vietnamese architecture style, made by iron-wood, traditional teracotta tiles and old-fashioned gables or Vietnamese character paralled sentences. The pagoda has three-door gate, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Statue, three realms hall, ancestral temple, Holy Mother temple dedicated to Lady Trieu and Hung Kings, Saint Tran Hung Dao, the Eden, Alahat Statue Garden, temple worship Hero Nung Tri Cao who had great merit in defending the northern border of
Viet Nam. The highlight of the temple is the Thien Bao bell tower with the bronze bell weighted 1.5 ton.