I was very lucky to be able to visit this wonderful village.  Habitat was hosting a company and as part of their orientation they visited this village and I came along for the ride:).

Hoa Binh is about 3 hours South West of Hanoi and we took a bus.  This village is one of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, they are from the Tai group and are no relation to the Thai from Thailand.  The largest ethnic group in Vietnam is Kinh (Viet) at 86.2%.  Tai make up about 1.7% of the population.  The unique thing about these villages are the large bamboo stilt houses:

They also make very colourful clothing and it reminds me of Peru and Bolivia.  I also had a crack at it, it is quite difficult.

We went for a walk around the village and learnt about the rice harvest and this one was about half way through with 2 more months to go.  The skill with rice is planting it so it doesn’t float away when the field is flooded. I had to add this cow…

We then went back and had some great views; the village we were in is to the right in the valley, and a lovely photo with Ms Bay and Ms Mai Anh from Habitat.  Thank you for a wonderful day.