The magnificent terraced rice fields, also called ladders to the heaven,with ripening paddy grains of ethnic minority people in Yen Baiprovince’s Mu Cang Chai district or Ha Giang province’s Hoang Su Phidistrict have attracted a large number of tourists, tour operators said.
As one of the most popular destinations of thenorthwest, Mu Cang Chai terraced fields, which have been cultivated bythe H'mong people for hundreds of years, have long been known by localadventurers and foreign travelers because of the fields’ spectacularbeauty.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai arebeautiful all the year round. Visitors in March are treated to the sightof glittering ponds. Locals transplant rice seedlings from April toMay. After that, all hills are covered by an everlasting green. Thefields start to turn yellow with ripe rice from early September.
The fields are visible from virtually everywhere in the district asthey expand over 2,200ha, including around 500ha in Che Cu Nha, La PanTan and De Xu Phinh communes. Those in these villages were recognised asa national heritage in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism.
Journeying to Mu Cang Chai, tourists willbe dazzled when they witness the breathtaking scene of immense terracedfields. Apart from the fields, they can watch daily activities of ethnicminority people in the mountainous region. Women usually sit onpathways to sew and look after their cows grazing nearby.
Mu Cang Chai, which is itself a quiet district on the bank of the NamRiver, is blessed with beautiful flora and fauna and outstandinggeographic features, including vast mountain ranges with high peakswhich have protected the people for ages.
Tran TheDung, deputy director of Young Generation Travel Co., was quoted byVietnam Net newspaper as saying that the firm has taken many groups oftourists from Ho Chi Minh City to Hoang Su Phi, Mu Cang Chai and BanGioc Waterfall (Cao Bang province) in the past 20 days.
At Fiditour Co., the number of tourists buying the five-day tour toViet Phu Thanh Chuong, Muong Lo, Mu Cang Chai, Sapa and Muong Hoa hasalso increased by around 25 percent year-on-year.
According to Pham Viet Phuong, head of the travel office at Yen Baiprovince’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the number oftourists visiting terraced rice fields at this time of the year ishigher than last year. “Hotels have more tourists, local people sellmore souvenirs,” he told Vietnam Net.
Yen Bai hasyet to have official statistics on the number of tourists, but therewere around 3,000 tourists flocking to Mu Cang Chai in late last monthto admire terraced rice fields and join activities of the Culture, Sportand Tourism Week of Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field held in Mu Cang Chaidistrict from September 26-29 to mark 55 years since President Ho ChiMinh visited the province.-VNA
As one of the most popular destinations of thenorthwest, Mu Cang Chai terraced fields, which have been cultivated bythe H'mong people for hundreds of years, have long been known by localadventurers and foreign travelers because of the fields’ spectacularbeauty.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai arebeautiful all the year round. Visitors in March are treated to the sightof glittering ponds. Locals transplant rice seedlings from April toMay. After that, all hills are covered by an everlasting green. Thefields start to turn yellow with ripe rice from early September.
The fields are visible from virtually everywhere in the district asthey expand over 2,200ha, including around 500ha in Che Cu Nha, La PanTan and De Xu Phinh communes. Those in these villages were recognised asa national heritage in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism.
Journeying to Mu Cang Chai, tourists willbe dazzled when they witness the breathtaking scene of immense terracedfields. Apart from the fields, they can watch daily activities of ethnicminority people in the mountainous region. Women usually sit onpathways to sew and look after their cows grazing nearby.
Mu Cang Chai, which is itself a quiet district on the bank of the NamRiver, is blessed with beautiful flora and fauna and outstandinggeographic features, including vast mountain ranges with high peakswhich have protected the people for ages.
Tran TheDung, deputy director of Young Generation Travel Co., was quoted byVietnam Net newspaper as saying that the firm has taken many groups oftourists from Ho Chi Minh City to Hoang Su Phi, Mu Cang Chai and BanGioc Waterfall (Cao Bang province) in the past 20 days.
At Fiditour Co., the number of tourists buying the five-day tour toViet Phu Thanh Chuong, Muong Lo, Mu Cang Chai, Sapa and Muong Hoa hasalso increased by around 25 percent year-on-year.
According to Pham Viet Phuong, head of the travel office at Yen Baiprovince’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the number oftourists visiting terraced rice fields at this time of the year ishigher than last year. “Hotels have more tourists, local people sellmore souvenirs,” he told Vietnam Net.
Yen Bai hasyet to have official statistics on the number of tourists, but therewere around 3,000 tourists flocking to Mu Cang Chai in late last monthto admire terraced rice fields and join activities of the Culture, Sportand Tourism Week of Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field held in Mu Cang Chaidistrict from September 26-29 to mark 55 years since President Ho ChiMinh visited the province.-VNA
