Located 21km to the south west of Hoang Su Phi centre, the commune has 355 households with over 1,700 people. They include five ethnic minority groups, who live mainly from agricultural work.

The new rice planting season will start soon in Hoang Su Phi.

The commune enjoys cool weather all year round, clean air and little traffic, as well as the magnificent rice fields, forests and waterfalls. The area also covers acres of old Shan tuyết tea trees, which grow on top of high mountains. One side of the tea leaf is covered with white fur like snow, hence the name “tuyết”, which means “snow” in Vietnamese. The leaves are used to brew a sweet-tasting tea.

The commune is also home to the Hoa Ceo Phin waterfall and many fields of tam giac mach (triangle buckwheat) flowers.

“Local authorities have said that tourism is an important focus for the commune,” Giang Van Thang, Chairman of the commune’s People’s Committee, told Ha Giang Newspaper. “We have completed a project to develop eco-tourism in local villages.”

“In the next two years, the commune will focus on establishing an eco-tourism village in Hoa Cheo Phin and use this as a model for developing eco-tourism more widely.”

Hoa Cheo Phin hosts dozens of “nha trinh tuong” of the Mong ethnic minority, which are located in the middle of rice fields.

The houses are built with thick clay walls and no pillars, and are roofed with tiles or dry leaves.

The typical house always includes a main door, one smaller door and at least two windows. The house is warm in winter and cool in summer, and protects owners from wild animals the elements.

“Nature is so fresh here,” said Ngo Vinh Phu, a visitor from Hanoi. “The landscape here is so peaceful and magnificent like in paintings.”

Tourists usually enjoy local delicacies like carp, black tender mountain chicken, salads made from wild banana flowers, and local pork.

According to Lu Vang Pao, a leader of the village, most of the 116 households in the village are of the Mong ethnic minority group.

Now ten households have registered to join the project. Most of the families are poor and have no experience in receiving guests.

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Source: VNS/VNA