(HBO) - Beside the special advantages, Hoa Binh Lake’s scenery, which cannot be found in any other places, is charming. Many villages and ethnics living in the lake area have still maintained their unique cultural values, creating the fascination and interesting experiences for the interior and exterior tourists of the province.

Ngoi Village (Ngoi Hoa Commune, Tan Lac District) closely locating to the lake, leaning back on the majestic mountains and silent virgin forest is considered to be one of the nicest and the most primitive village near the lake of the province. It is home of Muong ethnic. It still retains the traditional beauty of the old houses-on-silts. There are many waterfalls and particularly interesting caves in here, forming the neglected and rare beauty.

The village has invested 7 standard houses-on-stilts and the local people were also trained the communal tourism with the different entertainment ways by Hoa Binh Tourism join Stock Company. The village has become a communal tourism spot meeting the tourist’s demand such as trekking, immersing in the nature, learning the cultural life of Muong people, bringing the peaceful and happy holidays in the charming country and enjoying the clean and delicious products from purely natural plantation of the local people.


Ngoi Village (Ngoi Hoa Commune, Tan Lac District) has attracted a lot of visitors coming to learn and spend their time on the nature and Muong culture.

There are about 80 households living in Ke Commune (Hien Luong Ward, Da Bac). They have kept the traditional culture of Muong ethnic. Many of them have invested in the public tourism model and created tourism products to exploit the good cultural values of Muong people. Tourists come here to discover the mountains, impressively old forest and vast lake. They also socialize and feel the cultural life, productive labor of the regional people.

Sung Village (Cao Son Commune, Da Bac) with 100% of Dao ethnic has been also known by more and more tourists who come to learn and experience the long-life culture and production of the local people.

 Da Bia Village (Tien Phong Commune, Da Bac) has still preserved the original life and activities of minor ethnic. People are really friendly and warm. With the self-conscience stalls, subtle cuisine and beautifully natural scenery, the village has been becoming a tourism destination which hardly to ignore when visiting and discovering the Da River lake.

Implementing the project of constructing the National Tourism Area in Hoa Binh Lake, the province has been performing the mechanisms and policies to support and encourage the enterprises and investors to participate in the tourism development based on the plans and building the specific tourism products associated with the ecological system of Hoa Binh Lake. In particular, they has focused on constructing and developing the spiritual tourism products such as Temple of Bo Waterfall Princess (Cao Phong and Da Bac District) and Doi Co Temple (Hien Luon Commune); the eco-resorts with high quality at Sung Island (Tien Phong Commune), Ngoi Hoa Bay Area (Hoa Lake, Ngoi Hoa Commune, Tan Lac District); the high quality entertainment tourism products at Ngoi Hoa Bay Area; the communal tourism products in the villages such as Ngoi (Ngoi Hoa), Tru (Thai Thinh), Ke (Hien Luong) and Da Bia (Tien Phong). They have also prerogatively developed the eco-resort tourism products and national culture elicitation, the various types of food service and have also exploited the traditional dishes, specialties of Muong people and ethnic minorities in the region.

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