Traditional costumes are sold at the market. Coming to the fair, people and visitors can immerse themselves in the color of brocade with gentle smiles, warm and friendly atmosphere like the highland people’s personality. People from ethnic minorities come to the market not only to bring goods to sell but also to bring their own beauty and unique characteristics. It is the shirt, the dress is delicately embroidered and the colorful threads are carefully selected. There are also local products that can only be found in the highlands, showing unique culinary culture… All kinds of “homegrown” goods are sold a lot. Doan street market dates from the French colonial period, is a place to trade goods and meet ethnic minorities from surrounding communes such as Lung Cao, Lung Niem, Co Lung, Thanh Son, Thanh Lam… and Tan Lac district, Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province. This unique market only meets every Thursday and Sunday morning. Goods brought to the market range from traditional to modern, in which “homegrown” goods such as brocade, can wine, wild vegetables, oranges or mice hunted from the forest… always interested by many people. Essential items are sold at the market. For the people here, to be present at the market, they often have to get up very early to prepare goods, because the market opens from dawn until noon. In order to bring goods to the market, many people have to travel dozens of kilometers carrying and carrying goods. Going to the market with people is not only a matter of trading goods, but also an opportunity for them to exchange cultures, meet and visit each other. In particular, the trade in the market does not necessarily use money, but can exchange goods of equal value just “like the belly”. Products from the mountains and forests are sold quite a lot. Gam Poc market meets 4 sessions a month. This is a fair located in the center of Yen Thang commune (Lang Chanh), so people in the commune and neighboring communes come here to buy, sell and exchange goods. The unique feature of the market is not only reflected in the participation of many ethnic groups, but also in the rich products that the people bring to the market to sell. They carry on their backs the specialties of the mountains and forests, the products of their people obtained by their hands, such as young green forest vegetables, forest bananas, whole floors of honey and other items. handmade by the skillful hands of Thai women. The products of the mountains are sold at the market In order to keep the traditional culture of the highland markets in the flow of modern life, it is an issue that needs the attention of all levels, sectors and localities participating in the restoration and conservation in a scientific way. meet the needs of life, but still retain the unique cultural values, forming effective tourism development models to attract tourists.

The scene of the accident caused 7 deaths Accordingly, through inspection, the private enterprise producing, trading and exporting wood Huy Hao (DN Huy Hao) was granted the license for transport business by car number 1103 dated January 25 by the Department of Transport. / 2016 valid until January 25, 2023, permitted to do business in freight transportation. Records showed that enterprise Huy Hao was granted the badge “Truck” for 4 cars of the Supervisory Board, including: 36C- 136.40; 36C -123.29; 36C – 031.46 and 36C – 165.67. Huy Hao enterprise has not fully complied with the regulations on goods transportation business in the Government’s Decree No. 10/2020 / ND-CP of January 17, 2020; Circular No. 12/2020 / TT-BGTVT dated May 29, 2020 of the Ministry of Transport and guiding documents of Thanh Hoa Department of Transport. This enterprise does not maintain according to regulations relevant documents and documents in the transport management process. Failure to comply with the procedures to ensure traffic safety as prescribed. Do not update, store or manage information from the cruise monitoring device. Violating regulations on business and business conditions of transport by car to cause a traffic accident causing serious consequences or higher. Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 100/2019 / ND-CP dated December 30, 2019, providing for the sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of road and railway traffic. The inspection team has made a record of administrative violation, decided to sanction an administrative violation for enterprise Huy Hao, the total fine is 46 million dong. In addition, the authorities also deprived the right to use the badge for 2 months for infringing vehicles, and deprived the right to use the transport business license for 2 months. Request DN Huy Hao to remedy violations of regulations on business and transport business conditions by car, and report to the Inspector of the Department of Transport according to regulations. Before that, as reported by Dan Sinh newspaper, at around 9:15 a.m. on March 22, at Km 13 + 570, on Ba Vai slope, provincial road 530, in the Hac village, Tri Nang commune, Lang Chanh district , the control sea car 36C – 136.40 going downhill in the direction from Tri Nang commune to Lang Chanh town, crashed into the right side of the road. The accident caused the driver, assistant car and 5 other people dead on the spot. Thanh Hoa provincial police then decided to prosecute the case to investigate and clarify the cause of the particularly serious accident mentioned above.

In addition to the economic efficiency, the community based tourism also contributes to preserving and promoting cultural values. Photo: Hoai Anh Attraction from destinations The Western region of Thanh has the advantage to develop community-based ecotourism products. Possessing rich and diverse natural resources including forests, lakes, mountains, caves, waterfalls and many landscapes, landscapes … Along with that, this is also a region with cultural potentials. Special ethnic minorities are favorable conditions for the construction and development of community ecotourism, providing visitors with many activities to explore and experience such as stall dancing, forest exploration, boating. on the river, camping, fishing, catching crabs, organizing a BBQ party, setting a campfire … If marine tourism only attracts tourists in the summer, cultural and spiritual tourism mainly focuses on the first months of the year, community ecotourism is the only product of the province that attracts visitors all four seasons. . Coming to Pu Luong in any month of the year (except for the time of holiday to welcome guests due to the COVID-19 epidemic), visitors will feel the attractiveness of the community tourism products. Especially, on weekends or holidays, resorts in some villages in Ba Thuoc district such as Don village, Ham village (Thanh Lam commune), Bang village (Thanh Son commune), Hieu village (Co Lung commune) … is always in a state of “room fire”, even the homestay of the households are in the same situation. And the greatest success in these tourist spots, not only is the number of visitors or revenue increasing year by year, but the important thing is that the number of visitors coming back and refering to their friends here is huge. We ran into a German expert – Martin during a business trip in Pu Luong, he happily said: “Community tourism in Western Thanh is worth a visit, or alone, or together with friend. Maybe, people like this season, people like that season. Personally, I like to explore the West all four seasons of the year. Each destination gives me different feelings, different interesting things. And for Pu Luong, there are lovely stilt houses, eco-friendly resorts, beautiful nature. Whenever I stop the journey and recollect, I always remember the typical flavor of the mountains in the West. I have come and will definitely come back. Along with Pu Luong community tourism, many tourists have chosen other attractive destinations such as: Hang village (Quan Hoa); Ma village (Thuong Xuan), Instinct Cat (Lang Chanh), Ngam village (Quan Son) … Or beautiful waterfalls such as: Thac May (Thach Thanh), Ma Hao waterfall (Lang Chanh), Want waterfall (Ba Ruler) … Here, visitors can choose the type of homestay accommodation (staying at a homestay) or staying at the resorts. And wherever you are, you can also enjoy some typical dishes of the mountains and forests in the West such as: wild banana flower salad, green rice, bitter soup, boiled chicken, can wine … to immerse yourself in literary activities. culture, culture of indigenous people, all will give visitors great feelings about the destination. According to the report of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in the 2016-2020 period, the community tourism zones and destinations are estimated to receive nearly 6 million visitors, 2.2 times more than the 2011-2015 period. In particular, the highlight is Cam Luong fishing stream tourist area (Cam Thuy district), in the 2016-2020 period, welcomes over 1.4 million visitors, 1.88 times more than the period 2011-2015; Community-based tourism in Ba Thuoc district, in the 2016-2020 period, welcomed nearly 200,000 visitors, 4 times higher than the 2011-2015 period … Efficiency doesn’t stop at numbers It can be said that, up to now, the CBT has begun to harvest the first “fruits”. Not only the number of visitors or revenue, but through tourism activities also contribute significantly to preserving culture, improving and improving the quality of cultural and spiritual life for local people. local people, especially people in remote and isolated areas where there are still many difficulties. Also thanks to the development of tourism, the system of roads, electricity, water, to the villages and villages are interested in investing, commercial services develop more diversified … to serve the needs of tourists, in People also benefit directly from these conditions. It is worth mentioning, from attaching importance to the development of community based tourism models, many districts have urgently built a tourism development project, elaborated a detailed planning of tourist sites and destinations, facilitating the collection of attracting investment, exploiting potential values ​​for community ecotourism development such as: Quan Son, Quan Hoa, Cam Thuy, Lang Chanh, Ba Thuoc, Thuong Xuan, Nhu Xuan, Nhu Thanh, Thach Thanh, Cam Thuy. At the same time, to attach importance to propaganda, mobilization and encouragement of the population community to renovate and upgrade facilities and add tourist services; to support localities in studying and building new tourist products to attract tourists; focus on restoring traditional craft villages of brocade weaving, culinary culture … to attract domestic and international tourists to visit, stay and relax. Recently, Lang Chanh district has announced a detailed plan of 1/500 scale Ecotourism area of ​​Nang Cat village, Ma Hao waterfall, approved by the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee in Decision No. 2120 / QD-UBND (date 9- 6-2020). This community eco-tourism area associated with cultural experiences has a total investment of 113,407 billion VND. The planning of Ecotourism zones of Nang Cat village – Ma Hao waterfall is built on the basis of protecting “aquatic” resources, landscape, environment, organizing landscape architectural space on the basis of need. taking full advantage of topography, natural landscape, greenery system, water surface, terraced fields, at the same time creating a fit and harmony with the architectural space of existing village areas, preserving the traditional lifestyle and architecture … thereby step by step helping local people to have a stable income from tourism, developing local socio-economic, and bringing the Nang Cat Village Ecotourism Area – Ma Hao waterfall becomes an attractive destination for domestic and international tourists. Ms. Vuong Thi Hai Yen, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said: Outstanding results in the development of community tourism not only stop at the increasing number of tourists coming to Thanh Hoa; The revenue increases every year, but the awareness of localities and communities in sustainable tourism development is increasingly positive. Local leaders have actively met with investors, consulted with investors how to do tourism effectively and not affect the environment and ecosystems. On the side of the people, there has also been a clear change in awareness and determination to do tourism for economic development and gradually learn how to do tourism in a well and methodical way. Post and photo: Hoai Anh Lesson 2: Models of “premature death”.