(HBO) - Mung village sits on the highest place in Xuan Phong commune, Cao Phong district with poetic landscape. Despite rough traffic and difficulties in the economy, Mung remains attractive to tourists thanks to its mild and fresh climate, and stilt houses on vast terraced fields.


Apart from cool mild climate, the scenery of Mung village is dotted with terraced 

The winding fields and glimpses of roofs of stilt houses have made the land enchanting. Below the foot of the terraced fields is a years-old banyan tree spanning dozens of meters, which is considered a spiritual symbol of Muong ethnic village.

The climate in Mung is cool all year round thanks to its higher geographic location than surrounding area. In particular, Mung is considered a green lung with 520ha of natural forest zoned off for protection. We visited the family of Ms. Bui Thi Om, 73 and were invited to drink a cup of water boiled with medicinal herbs picked in the forest. She said the forest brings cool mild climate, bamboo shoots and firewood to local residents so that it must be protected for later generations. "In the past, the road was enough for only a motorbike, but now thanks to the Party and State support, local lives have improved a lot with easier access to bigger roads and electricity”, she said. 

Bui Van Linh, chief of Mung village, said though lives have improved, local residents still mainly live on bamboo shoots, corn, cassava and rice so that their income remain low. Mung is still an especially difficult village with an annual average income per capita of 12 million VND (2017), 6 million VND lower than that in Xuan Phong commune. In order to sustainably reduce poverty, Linh and locals have thought a lot to find a new direction, most recently travel idea. 

"The village has cool climate, lush green forests, beautiful terraced fields, and intact traditional culture of Muong ethnic group. Many groups of tourists visited the village and expressed their impression on local scenery and people here so we found out that Mung holds potential of tourism development. In April, departments, agencies, mass organizations and households in the village (70 people) held tours of Moc Chau in Son La province and Lac village in Mai Chau district to learn about their experience in community-based tourism. Following such visits, we hope that authorities would offer support to us to develop tourism in the future”, Linh said./.
 


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