(HBO) – Located at an altitude of about 650 metres, Ngoc Son commune of Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province, boasts a cool climate all year round along with pristine, magnificent and poetic mountain landscapes. It is also home to old stilt houses and long-standing customs of Muong ethnic people. Those advantages have created opportunities for local authorities and people to develop tourism.



Ngoc Son commune (Lac Son district) is blessed with magnificent landscapes and cool climate, which are favourable for tourism development.

In the recent past, the Party Committee and administration of Ngoc Son commune surveyed areas and locations with potential for developing tourism so as to propose higher-level authorities make planning and prepare for attracting investors to the local travel sector.

In November 2014, the Bai Nha parachuting site, covering 21 hectares of land in Boi hamlet, was selected as the venue for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Vietnam Paragliding Open. The tournament attracted more than 60 athletes from domestic and foreign paragliding clubs.

Mount Bai Nha has an ideal location with all the space, weather, and landscape conditions necessary for paragliders to fly freely in an immense and poetic space.

In addition, there are also more than 4,400 hectares of special-use forest in the Ngoc Son - Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, home to a diversity of fauna and flora.

Meanwhile, some historical and cultural relic sites are being restored such as the shrines of Boi village, the Vang field, and Roc Hill, which are the places for local residents to pray for good weather and bumper crops.

Nearly 90 percent of the households in Ngoc Son commune are still living in stilt houses. All the six hamlets have also maintained their cultural teams. Notably, the Muong-language singing club of Muong Khu with more than 20 members has been working to preserve ancient folk songs of the Muong ethnic group.

With all the abovementioned advantages, Ngoc Son promises to be an ideal destination for Vietnamese and international visitors who love to explore culture and try new experiences.

Apart from the tourist sites planned by the Lac Son district People’s Committee, transport infrastructure in the commune has also been upgraded thanks to favourable conditions provided by authorities at all levels. Particularly, the roads linking Lac Son with Tan Lac district have been put into use, while the road connecting Ngoc Son with Ngoc Lau and Tu Do communes and the one traversing Ngoc Son and Tan My communes are nearing completion.

Vice Chairwoman of the communal People’s Committee Bui Thi Thuy said viewing tourism development as one of the suitable directions for Ngoc Son, the local Party Committee and administration will continue tapping into existing conditions and advantages to attract investment to the sector.

They will coordinate with the Ngoc Son - Ngo Luong Nature Reserve to design attractive tours, promote community-based tourism, facilitate tourism services, and step up the sale of local agricultural specialities, she added.

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