(HBO) – Located at an altitude of about 650 metres, Ngoc Son commune of Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province, boasts a cool climate all year round along with pristine, magnificent and poetic mountain landscapes. It is also home to old stilt houses and long-standing customs of Muong ethnic people. Those advantages have created opportunities for local authorities and people to develop tourism.
Ngoc Son commune (Lac Son
district) is blessed with magnificent landscapes and cool climate, which are
favourable for tourism development.
In the recent past, the Party Committee and
administration of Ngoc Son commune surveyed areas and locations with potential
for developing tourism so as to propose higher-level authorities make planning
and prepare for attracting investors to the local travel sector.
In November 2014, the Bai Nha parachuting site,
covering 21 hectares of land in Boi hamlet, was selected as the venue for the
opening ceremony of the 2014 Vietnam Paragliding Open. The tournament attracted
more than 60 athletes from domestic and foreign paragliding clubs.
Mount Bai Nha has an ideal location with all the
space, weather, and landscape conditions necessary for paragliders to fly
freely in an immense and poetic space.
In addition, there are also more than 4,400
hectares of special-use forest in the Ngoc Son - Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, home
to a diversity of fauna and flora.
Meanwhile, some historical and cultural relic
sites are being restored such as the shrines of Boi village, the Vang field,
and Roc Hill, which are the places for local residents to pray for good weather
and bumper crops.
Nearly 90 percent of the households in Ngoc Son
commune are still living in stilt houses. All the six hamlets have also
maintained their cultural teams. Notably, the Muong-language singing club of
Muong Khu with more than 20 members has been working to preserve ancient folk
songs of the Muong ethnic group.
With all the abovementioned advantages, Ngoc Son
promises to be an ideal destination for Vietnamese and international visitors
who love to explore culture and try new experiences.
Apart from the tourist sites planned by the Lac
Son district People’s Committee, transport infrastructure in the commune has
also been upgraded thanks to favourable conditions provided by authorities at
all levels. Particularly, the roads linking Lac Son with Tan Lac district have
been put into use, while the road connecting Ngoc Son with Ngoc Lau and Tu Do
communes and the one traversing Ngoc Son and Tan My communes are nearing
completion.
Vice Chairwoman of the communal People’s
Committee Bui Thi Thuy said viewing tourism development as one of the suitable
directions for Ngoc Son, the local Party Committee and administration will
continue tapping into existing conditions and advantages to attract investment
to the sector.
They will coordinate with the Ngoc Son - Ngo
Luong Nature Reserve to design attractive tours, promote community-based
tourism, facilitate tourism services, and step up the sale of local
agricultural specialities, she added.
Hoa Binh province’s rich natural and cultural resources position it as a prime location for developing community-based tourism (CBT). In recent years, support from central and provincial policies, as well as assistance from non-governmental organisations, have encouraged local ethnic minority and mountainous communities to actively engage in the sector.
Van Son Commune, Tan Lạc district, Hoa Binh province also known as "Cloud Valley," boasts a cool climate, stunning natural landscapes, and majestic scenery. Visitors who have been to this place should make a stop at Chien Hamlet to experience a lot of fascinating things and feel the friendly, warmth of the Muong ethnic people.
Thanks to the effective exploitation of natural landscape and the cultural diversity of ethnic minorities, Hoa Binh province has become an attractive destination for tourists seeking experiences and exploration.
The Department of Cultural Heritage has just coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province to organize a training on implementing the model of the cultural heritage connected in the cultural tourism journey in Cao Phong and Lac Son districts.
The Sung village in Cao Son commune, Da Bac district, is endowed with pristine natural landscape, and Dao Tien ethnic minority community in the village preserves rich cultural heritage, including traditional housing, clothing, language, scripts, customs, and daily life practices. Since the community-based tourism model was introduced in the locality, these traditional cultural values have been further preserved and promoted.
