Located in Son La Province in the North-West Viet Nam, Moc Chau is a vast steppe with tea hills, green pastures, herd of dairy cows grazing, attractive natural sites, traditional festivals of the locals, etc. Especially, the climate is fresh, cool year round with average temperature from 18-22ºC, which is ideal for developing leisure tourism and eco-tourism.

In order to develop sustainable tourism, conserve and promote natural beauty and culture of Moc Chau, Son La Province has allowed investing and developing homestay tourism in Doi Village, Tan Lap Commune, Moc Chau District.

The Doi Village has about 293 Thai ethnic households who mainly live on tea planting and dairy farming. There is now a house on stilts for homestay tourism in the Doi Village. With an area of ​​130m², including 8 rooms, the house is located in an over 2,000 m² precinct, and surrounded by green forest which brings a feeling of peace and quiet. This house was rebuilt on the old house on stilts of Mr. Ha Van Quyet’s family, so it still has architecture of the Thai group, but its lighting systems, bathrooms and toilets were new-built to ensure standards for serving visitors.

Coming to the Doi Village, visitors will have chance, together with the locals, to cook the Thai dishes from the available materials in the garden, and enjoy shows performed by the villagers. In addition, visitors will be able to experience the daily life of the locals and learn more about their history, community culture. Visitors will also be able to go to the forest to pick medicinal herb and tea, climb mountain, raise dairy cows, go fishing at the stream or visit nearby places such as grottoes of Trung Xa, Phay Don where graves have existed there for hundreds of years.

To attract more visitors to Moc Chau, Son La Province will continue to expand homestay tourism model in the Doi Village and other villages in the Moc Chau District, and also focus on developing craft villages, constructing stores of traditional handicrafts to meet the visitors’ shopping need and develop local economy.

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From Ha Noi, going along National Highway 6 about 190km, turning right about 3km visitors will meet the t-junction in Moc Chau Farm Town (Moc Chau District), turning left and going toward to Tan Lap Commune about 30km, visitors will arrive in the Doi Village.

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