'Primitive village' Hang Tau, Moc Chau

(ĐTTCO) - No electricity, no signal, no internet... Hang Tau, Moc Chau, Son La are jokingly called "primitive villages" by travel lovers.

(ĐTTCO) - No electricity, no signal, no internet... Hang Tau, Moc Chau, Son La are jokingly called "primitive villages" by travel lovers.

At the entrance to Hang Tau, tourists stop the car and walk into the village

A peaceful village in the middle of the Northwest mountains and forests

If you have ever been to the northern mountainous provinces, you are certainly no stranger to ethnic minority villages. Although still wild, rustic, and traditional, their lives have gradually become modernized by the introduction of light bulbs and televisions. However, in Moc Chau district, Son La, there still exists a village with three zeros: no electricity, no phone signal, and no internet.

Hang Tau is a production area of ​​more than 1 hectare, with 20 Mong ethnic households living in Ta So 1 village. In fact, they still have houses with full electricity and water in the village. However, because the distance to the village is quite far, people live in Hang Tau to facilitate farming and animal husbandry. And they are very satisfied with the peaceful life here.

Hang Tau is large with green grass like a steppe

Every house hangs a leaf waiting for the Fatherland

Because there are not many amenities, people in Hang Tau focus on working and playing in their own village. Every day, they go to the fields to farm, rice to eat, corn and plums to sell. Domestic water must be pulled from natural mountain springs for use. Some people will go out to work for a while to make ends meet.

Since childhood, Mong women have known how to embroider and make traditional costumes by hand. When coming here, visitors can easily see images of women sitting in a corner doing embroidery. A Hmong woman's dress takes from 4 months to a year to complete, so the selling price is about 2 million VND/set.

Hmong woman with her favorite job of embroidering dresses

Children innocently play in the fresh air of the Northwest mountains and forests

A carpet of green grass surrounded by mountains, a few types of cattle running around, and in the distance are traditional stilt houses, all of which create a peaceful and lively natural picture in Hang Tau. Moc Chau.

Life prospers thanks to tourism

With a poetic scenery that is not easy to find anywhere, Hang Tau has gradually become known to tourists for about 2 years now. From then on, people began to have more income and tried to create services to earn more income.

Previously, Ms. Song Thi Say (28 years old, Hang Tau, Chieng Hac, Moc Chau) used to work as a worker in Hai Phong. Since having customers, she has changed her direction to do tourism in the place where she lives. Four months ago, she and her husband invested 50 million VND to buy a horse. For each horse riding experience, customers will send her 100,000 VND. According to Ms. Say, many groups like to camp overnight, so she invested in some camping gear to meet the needs of guests.

Ms. Say teaches visitors how to ride horses

Mr. La's family bought the white horse more than a year ago. In addition to farming and raising livestock, he alternates between doing tourism. Food is inherently self-sufficient, so whatever customers like to buy, his family also sells, from vegetables to livestock and poultry. If guests need to rest for lunch, his family also serves a tray of rice full of chicken, pork, etc. for about 200,000 VND/person.

If tourists want to have lunch at Hang Tau, please contact Mr. La in advance, phone number 0344651037

Tourists have moments of slow living, immersing themselves in wild nature

Currently, the ticket to Hang Tau is 30,000 VND/person. The money collected from tourism is used to invest in building toilets, a communal dining room and serving conservation work. Local authorities encourage people to keep the wild features of Hang Tau intact, not building much to preserve the landscape and cultural beauty.

Sharing about her life, Ms. Say seemed very satisfied and happy. Life here is peaceful and simple, households do not quarrel or have conflicts.

Ms. Say also went to the district to participate in 5 training sessions on sustainable tourism. What she remembers most: when guests come, the most important thing is to respect them. She added that because in the past she could not go to school, she wanted to make an effort to send her children to school. And sustainable indigenous tourism in the place where she lives will partly help her realize her dream.

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Update day : 12/10/2023