Thiscontributes to make Hoa Binh a memorable impression for travelers. HoaBinh possesses a hot and humid climate with high levels of precipitationduring the rainy season. Moreover, thanks to the topographic combiningmountains and lakes, this land has a typical high mountain climate withfresh air and coolness. These helps to explain the reason why Hoa Binhis now becoming one of the most wanted destination in Northern area fortourists after hard working hours with too much stress and tension. Someof foreign tourists express love to this area by giving “Hoa Binh” aname of “Peace” land.    

Significantly,Hoa Binh is also known as the homeland for many ethnic minority groupssuch as Muong (which counts the majority of Hoa Binh’s population), Dao,Tay, H’mong, Kinh, and Thai… Each ethnic group has its own living styleand etiquette, which plays an important part in enriching the culturalvalues of Hoa Binh. For foreign tourists who tend to pay much interestin experiencing the life style of Vietnamese ethnic minorities, it issuggested that the name Hoa Binh is a “must-be-filled” in their lists.Tourists coming to Hoa Binh will explore a chance to enjoy tasting theethnic minority specialty dishes including rice cooked in bamboo andgrilled meat, as well as watching traditional dancing, musicperformances (such as bronze, drums, gongs).

Generally,Hoa Binh has a great potential to develop its tourism. As a mountainousarea, Hoa Binh possesses beautiful caves like Thac Bo cave, Hang Ret,Hoa Tien cave, the Pu Nooc primitive tropical forest give tourists manytypes of activities like adventure mountain climbing, hiking, hunting.With human effort and the existing natural scenery, the dreamy Da RiverLake has been created. Traveling activities can be hold within the Lakewith nearby bay, islet and peninsula where many species of animal andplants are being preserved. The villages of the Dao, Muong, Tay sparselylocated around the lake, the valley have created a charming landscapepicture. Hoa Binh has many hot mineral springs and primitive, secretvalleys namely Kim Boi mineral spring, Mai Chau Valley (with ricepaddles and stilt houses planned for tourism purpose). A bighydroelectric plant in Vietnam is also located here as a source ofelectric supply and a mean of flood prevention. Hoa Binh has greattourism potential thanks to the endowed natural environment and man-madeconstruction. In the future, with reasonable planning and preservation,Hoa Binh will surely become one of the most beautiful destinations ofVietnam, especially with regard to ethnic travel.

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  Hoa Binh Power Plant

  Hoa Binh Hydro-Electric Power Plant is located on Da River, Hoa Binh Province. It is the largest power plant in Vietnam constructed with the precious assistance from the former Soviet Union in 1979. Tourists having chance to travel to Hoa Binh will not miss visiting the operation of electricity generating section in Hoa Binh Power Plant - which was built inside a mountain. The plant was designed to have eight generators with a capacity of 240,000 KW for each in order to meet people’s demand of electricity consumption. Nowadays, the reservoir along the Da River – with the huge surface area of hundreds square kilometers – has become an attractive spot for both domestic and foreign travelers. see full details

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  Natural caves

  Hoa Tien Cave  Depart from the damp of Hoa Binh Power Plant; it takes tourists 3 hours to take a ship or boat to reach Hoa Tien Cave. Getting inside this cave, tourists will pay much attention in a huge number of beautiful stalactites with various dimensions. Especially, when softly touching the stalactite, tourists can easily image the sound of Gong Chieng from echoing from the dawn of mankind. About two hours exploring inside Hoa Tien Cave will be an unforgettable experience for tourists. see full details

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  Kim Boi Mineral Hot Spring

  The Nature is said to be open-handed when endowing Kim Boi (one of the districts of Hoa Binh Province) with a natural hot spring – a tourist spot which “can-not-be-ignored” if staying in Hoa Binh. Putting aside all the tensions and troubles of life, tourists will feel relax and comfortable when soaking themselves in Kim Boi Hot Spring. After nearly 30 minutes on coach from Hoa Binh City, tourists are transferred to Muong’s rest house called “Mo Da”. This rest house was built nearby the biggest mineral spring in Kim Boi. Therefore, tourists even can hear the sound of water ejecting with the temperature of 36 degree Celsius, though they are sitting inside the house. The mineral water from Kim Boi Hot spring is qualified to meet the standard for drinking, bathing and treating some diseases such as arthritis, gastritis, high/low blood pressure. This mineral water Kim Boi is now bottled and become favorite refreshment for tourists. see full details

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  Thung Nai

  Located in the West of Hoa Binh City, a charming picture of Thung Nai makes great impression on foreign tourists who once travel to Hoa Binh. Staying at Thung Nai will bring tourists a beautiful and peaceful landscape with the typical climate of fresh air in high mountains. It is the natural scenery combined with people’s creativeness that makes Thung Nai an enforceable destination for tourists. Traveling on boat around the lake of Thung Nai, tourists can enjoy the beauty of wild nature and witness the life of ethnic minority people living on the mountains. Thung Nai promises to bring great tourism potential to Hoa Binh Province. see full details

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  Mai Chau Valley

  The distance from Hanoi to Mai Chau Valley is approximately 150km; therefore, it takes you more than 3 hours to reach a beautiful Mai Chau Valley. Here located the Lac Village, about 1km from the town center of Mai Chau District. Coming to Mai Chau, tourists will be warmly welcomed by the picturesque scenery of Mai Chau lying in a green valley of paddy fields dotted with rows of stilt houses. These stilt houses belong to Thai Community – one of six ethnic minorities living in Hoa Binh. Spending one night at one of the stilt houses in Mai Chau, tourists have chance to enjoy the folk dances and songs that are accompanied by Gong music, as well as experience the feeling of drinking Can Wine – an important cultural symbol for ethnic minorities in Hoa Binh. see full details