VietNamNet Bridge – Located on a high mountain, Lung Ac Village in Vinh Yen Commune, Bao Yen District in the northern province of Lao Cai seems to be surrounded by slowly rolling clouds all year round.

 

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Lung Ac villagers choose tho cam (brocade) products at a weekly

market session

 

 

From the center of the commune, visitors have to negotiate a 20-kilometer winding road to get to the village where Mong ethnic people make up a majority of the population.

Villagers build their homes on the mountainsides, which look like bird nests from afar. They mainly earn a living by growing crops and farming livestock. They still have no access to electricity, so they have small hydropower dams on streams. Once a week, they will go down the mountain to attend market sessions.

 

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Children at Lung Ac Village

 

 

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People inspect working tools at a market session – Photos: Nguyen The Luong

 

 

    

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