The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
Nguyen Van Toan,
Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and leaders of departments
and sectors learn about difficulties and obstacles in implementing the Hoa Binh
Lake resort and eco-tourism project of Lac Hong JSC.
A community-based
tourist site in Sung village, Cao Son commune (Da Bac district).
According to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, the Hoa Binh
Lake tourism area has 16 service, culture, and tourism investment projects
granted investment certificates worth over 3.3 trillion VND (132.3 million
USD), which cover an area of 1,444ha. Projects aim to meet the demand of resort tourism and entertainment service
associated with afforestation, forest protection, cultural identity
preservation, and spiritual tourism.
Although it has attracted several corporations and businesses to invest in
large-scale tourism projects, the implementation of projects remains slow, and
not guaranteed the committed schedule. Recently, to facilitate the implementation of key tourism investment projects,
particularly those within the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area, officials from the
provincial People's Committee and representatives of relevant departments and
agencies, inspected three large-scale investment projects in the site,
including the Binh Thanh eco-resort project by Mora Group JSC in Cao Phong
district, the Ngoi Hoa eco-tourism project by Hoang Son Energy
Investmentand TradingConstruction JSC, and the Hoa Binh Lake
ecotourism resort project by Lac Hong Investment JSC in Tan Lac district.
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, affirmed
that the province will firmly direct all relevant agencies and departments to
provide maximum support in terms of procedures to ensure the progress of these
projects.
As scheduled, the Ngoi Hoa eco-tourism project’s first phase will be put into
operation in the third quarter of 2024, providing top-notch services. It is
expected to become an idealyear-rounddestination.
Construction of several other key projects is scheduled to commence this year,
promising to offer high-quality services such as yacht tours, kiteboarding,
paragliding, windsurfing, and a high-speed water park slide, outdoor swimming
pools, and beauty spa, among others.
In recent years, community-based tourism, sports tourism, and agricultural and
rural tourism in Hoa Binh have attracted the interest of young people and
foreign tourists.
Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism products and activities
in the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area have been resumed, and stably maintained.
Some tourism products have contributed to connecting road and waterway tourism
routes.
The tourism area is forecast to welcome over 500,000 visitors per year in the
coming years.
Cao Phong has paid due attention to developing tourism, creating impetus for socio-economic development towards completing the targets set in the resolution of the district’s 28th Party Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure.
A great number of visitors have flocked to tourist attractions in Hoa Binh province in the first lunar month every year to admire the beautiful scenery, fully enjoy the spring atmosphere, and immerse themselves in the festive atmosphere in many localities.
In recent times, Cao Phong District, Hoa Binh Province has focused on promoting tourism development, attracting visitors, and contributing to socio-economic growth.
In the early days of the Year of the Snake, visitors flocked to Yen Phu commune of Hoa Binh’s Lac Son district to experience the "Xuong Dong" (going to the field) festival, the largest celebration in the Muong Vang region, which is closely linked with the Mai Da Lang Vanh (the stone roof of Vanh village) archaeological site, which has been recognised as a special national relic site.
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, visitors from near and far are eager to come to the mountainous district of Da Bac to have unique cultural experiences such as learning to wrap traditional cakes of ethnic minorities, practicing writing ancient Tay characters or immersing themselves in the Tay melodies.
Tan Lac has great potential for tourism development. In addition, the Provincial Party Committee issued Resolution No. 13-NQ/TU, dated October 17, 2022, on building the highland communes in Tan Lac district into provincial-level tourism areas by 2030, with a vision to 2050. However, according to the assessment, implementing the goals in the spirit of Resolution No. 13-NQ/TU has had limited results.
