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Colourful Pa Co highland market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pa Co Market in Mai Chau District, Hoa Binh Province, opens every Sunday morning.

Muong ethnic people turn idyllic remote region into tourist hotspot

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic people living in Tu Ne – a rural commune of Tan Lac District in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, have launched an impassioned project to turn their picturesque land into a tourism hotspot.

Board to inspect museum fire loss

 VietNamNet Bridge – A council will be set up to assess the total damage to the Muong Cultural Space Museum in Hoa Binh Province, after a fire started by a group of tourists engulfed the hundred-year old property.

The last Muong mandarin’s house burned by tourists

The incident occurred in the evening of October 24 at the Museum of Muong Cultural Space in Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province. This is the only house on stilts of the remaining mandarin of the Muong people in preservation in Vietnam.

Cloudy Thung Khe

VietNamNet Bridge - In Thung Khe, you can enjoy four seasons a day: the spring on the morning, the summer at noon, the autumn in the afternoon and the winter at night.

The Muong lords' 21st century minder

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Hoa Binh is often referred to as the cradle of Muong ethnic culture. As a result, there are many collectors of antiques from the ancient Muong people in the region, but Bui Thanh Binh stands head

New road to improve access to northern tourist attractions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's Roads Directorate is planning a new 78km road to take in My Dinh, Ba Sao and Bai Dinh. It will pass through the northern cities and provinces of Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Hoa Binh and Ninh Binh.

Hoa Binh lures tourists with its unique character

VietNamNet Bridge – For a long time, Hoa Binh Province has been considered the cradle for ancient Muong people with many significant cultural features, more than 200 historical relics and landscapes,

Mai Chau among top 10 awesome cultural tours

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Chau, located in northern Hoa Binh Province, has been included in the US-based Business Insider’s top 10 incredible places for cultural tours.

Mai Chau home-stay proves a hit

VietNamNet Bridge – Home-stay accommodation has become a popular form of tourism in northern Hoa Binh Province's Mai Chau District.

Talk with the man who preserves Muong culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Duc Hieu won the Phan Chau Trinh Award last month for his contributions to promoting preservation of Muong culture in Viet Nam.

100 policemen raid large gambling den in Hoa Binh

VietNamNet Bridge – On April 25, over 120 policemen rushed in a gambling den on the Vong Mountain in Hoa Binh. They caught in the act dozens of gamblers who were playing xoc dia, confiscating nearly VND1 billion ($50,000).

Police shoots down a female drug trafficker

The police forces on April 3 shot to death one and arrested four drug traffickers in the northern province of Hoa Binh, seizing over 7kg of heroin, 1,000 pills of synthetic drugs and 1kg of ectasy.

Mai Chau named among top 10 fresh destinations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel booking site Agoda.com.

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 Dutch group promotes Sa Pa waterfall; Lac Hamlet offers home-stay tours; HCM City tourist sites attract millions

Home-stay tour in stilt houses

For the Thai people, “home-stay guest in stilt house” refers to distinguished guests from far hamlets who visit their houses. However, it means a unique tourism product for the Thai people in Lac Hamlet, Mai Chau District, Hoa Binh Province.

No snow, but rainforest resort offers plenty of festive cheer

 VietNamNet Bridge – "This doesn't feel like a resort," my friend Amy says, sipping her glass of hibiscus juice. "It feels like we're in the middle of a forest."

Horrors of “manual” abortion

VietNamNet Bridge - Abortion, the end of the development process of a being-formed human body should have been one of the safest medical procedures, but there are still “manual” abortion procedures in the modern time today.

In the land of long-lived people

VietNamNet Bridge - Lung Van is also known as the "land of longevity," which has many people of over one hundred years old.