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Ngai Thau Thuong – highest village in Vietnam

Ngai Thau Thuong, a small village of Bat Xat district, the northern Lao Cai province, is located at 2,300m above the sea level on the cloudy Ma Cha Va peak, and is the highest village in Vietnam.
Ngai Thau Thuong – highest village in Vietnam ảnh 1 Terraced ripening rice fields in Ngai Thau. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Ngai Thau Thuong, a small village of Bat Xat district, the northern Lao Cai province, is located at 2,300m above the sea level on the cloudy Ma Cha Va peak, and is the highest villagein Vietnam.

It takes nearly three hours driving from the district's centreto the village, which is home to Mong ethnic minority group.

Ngai Thau, which means “rock peak” in the Mong language, haslower temperature compared to surrounding areas due to the high altitude. During the rice harvest season, ripen rice in Thien Sinh valley and the massive Then Pa terraced fields of Ha Nhi people and Mongpeople seems to overlay the mountain slopes and valleys with a layer of gold.

The concrete road leads to the mountainous village shrouded bycloud. Previously, the village used to be an isolated and mysterious area, as onlystrong young Mong men with excellent driving skill could negotiated the arduous old road to reach the village withmotorbike. Villagers then did not have access to power or telecommunications services.

Ngai Thau Thuong – highest village in Vietnam ảnh 2Ngai Thau Thuong is home to Mong ethnic minority group. (Photo: VNA)
The new-style rural area building proramme has breathed a new life intothe village. The district government has approved a plan on turning Ngai Thau Thuong into a community-based tourism site, with around 200 households participating.

The programme defines the preservation of the forestlandscape, the architecture of traditional Mong houses, the craft of weaving, brocade making, and the farming of local specialties as solutions to sustainable poverty reduction in the area./.

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