130-ha resort-urban area to be built amid northern rice terraces

Name: 130-ha resort-urban area to be built amid northern rice terraces
Uploaded: 2023-08-02T14:00:00+07:00
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Description: Authorities in the northern province of Yen Bai have approved a 130-hectare resort-urban area in Mu Cang Chai, famous for its terraced rice fields.

By Anh Tu August 1, 2023 | 11:00 pm PT

A rice terrace in Mu Cang Chai during the planting season in May 2020. Photo by Tran Giang Le Vu

Authorities in the northern province of Yen Bai have approved a 130-hectare resort-urban area in Mu Cang Chai, famous for its terraced rice fields.

The development will include a 24.8-hectare urban area and two luxury tourism resorts of over 100 hectares.

But it is not clear when it will get under way.

Situated 1,000 m above sea level in the Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range, Mu Cang Chai, home to several ethnic minority peoples, is a seven-hour drive northwest of Hanoi.

Its rice terraces stretch across 2,200 ha of mountainside.

They have been repeatedly named among the world’s best by international travel magazines.

Earlier this year American magazine Condé Nast Traveler listed Mu Cang Chai among the "world's 40 most colorful places."

Ha Long Bay, Mu Cang Chai among world’s 40 most colorful destinations: US magazine — Rice terraces in Mu Cang Chai in northern Vietnam. Video by Hoang Hiep