Vietnamese village named among world’s best tourism villages
The Thai Hai reserve area in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, home to an ecological stilt-house village, was named as one of the 32 Best Tourism Villages in 2022 by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) during a ceremony on March 12 in Saudi Arabia.
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