Compared with other fishing villages, Viet Hai has a relatively small area of only about 141 hectares, with more than 70 households living. However, the unique point of Viet Hai is that it is surrounded by four sides of sea forests and rolling limestone mountains that create a peaceful and romantic scene.
About Viet Hai fishing village
Viet Hai is a small village with an area of about 140 hectares, located deep in Cat Ba National Park , in Cat Ba island district, Hai Phong city and about 10km from the town center, with about 100 people living, Most of them are old people, women and children because all the boys have gone out to settle down.The village is peaceful and clear (Photo @paskkyckling)
Viet Hai ancient village is a small fishing village, located deep in Cat Ba National Park, in Cat Hai island district, Hai Phong. Covering an area of about 141 hectares, with about 70 households living, Viet Hai has a wild landscape, almost without the impact of human hands.To reach Viet Hai, there are 2 routes: boat ride through Lan Ha Bay to Viet Hai wharf or you can cross the primeval forest through Cat Ba National Park to enter the village.Compared with other fishing villages in Cat Ba, until now Viet Hai still retains the typical culture of the villages in the Northern Delta. The unique point is that Viet Hai is located separate from the outside, surrounded by four surfaces of sea forests and rolling limestone mountains. In recent years, Viet Hai has become an attractive community eco-tourism destination, especially foreign tourists. Coming here, visitors seem to be separated from the noisy life outside, immersing themselves in the peaceful, wild space of nature, sea forests. Photo: Nguyen DuongPreviously, people in Viet Hai mainly worked in fishing and agriculture, when tourism developed, many households switched to homestay, or worked as a tour guide, trading electric cars to take tourists. As a result, people’s lives also have many changes, their incomes are more stable than before.Visitors here can walk or rent a bicycle to experience the scenery, explore the life of the indigenous people. In particular, you can schedule and perform a trekking trip through Cat Ba national forest. For foreign visitors, you can experience cooking rice with wood stove, growing vegetables, harvesting rice … Photo: Nguyen DuongThe tourism model in Viet Hai is eco-tourism, mainly foreigners come to enjoy and relax, so the space here is very quiet, giving priority to sports activities, cultural experiences with local people. geography. Photo: Nguyen DuongThe leaf house of Mrs. Pham Thi Hoat’s family in Viet Hai is now preserved for tourists to visit and experience. The house was made 40 years ago, is typical for the architecture of old Northern houses with thatched roofs, thatched houses, and earth walls. Including a main room and a kitchen. On average, on the peak day, the house welcomes a few hundred visitors. Here, visitors can see with their own eyes the process of cooking wine and breeding of the people of Viet Hai. Photo: Nguyen DuongThere is no market in Viet Hai, and very few restaurants serving food and drink. The people are mainly self-sufficient in food. Tourists come here, often order food at the homestay. Photo: Nguyen DuongIn Viet Hai there are almost no social evils, people still remain honest, kind and hospitable. In the village, if only one family has a job, the village will join hands to help.Viet Hai is surrounded by four seaside forests, creating both majestic and poetic scenery.
Stay and eat at Viet Hai fishing village
Although it is a small village and still quite simple, the people in Viet Hai village also know how to catch up with the times, opening a lot of stilt houses, bungalows and homestays to welcome tourists planning to sleep. Night, it looks like Lan Homestay … Especially there is a full range of telephone waves, internet, electricity or fans … more.There are very lovely homestays (Photo @ nthuong_0211)
In addition, many restaurants are also opened to serve the dining needs of diners, with a variety of rustic but delicious dishes, made from the skillful hands of women and raw. whether it comes from the things that local people cultivate such as chickens, ducks or vegetables, so it’s super quality.
If you are looking for a “hot spring” trip in the summer, the Viet Hai fishing village on Cat Ba Island is an extremely ideal place.
The village is peaceful and clear (Photo @paskkyckling)
There are very lovely homestays (Photo @ nthuong_0211)