Travel programme promotes Hoang Su Phi terraced fields
Ha Giang (VNA) – The annual programme entitled ‘Travelling across the heritage land of
the Hoang Su Phi terraced fields’ opened in Hoang Su Phi district, northern
mountainous province of Ha Giang on September 16.
Hoang Duc Tan, Vice
Chairman of Hoang Su Phi district People's Committee, said that under the
programme, a series of activities with many attractive tourism products will
take place in the district this month, featuring typical cultural values of
ethnic groups living in the northwestern region.
The terraced fields in
Hoang Su Phi span more than over 3,700 hectares of 24 communes and towns in
Hoang Su Phi district. They were formed hundreds of years ago by La Chi, Dao,
and Nung ethnic communities.
More than 670ha of
terraced fields in 11 communes have been ranked as national landscapes by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism./.