In the past, Dam Vac (Vinh Phuc) had many fish and shrimps, and the inhabitants of the lagoon were proficient in fishing. Dam Vac has a village called Moi village. The whole hamlet is on a promontory like a peninsula in the middle of a lagoon. The whole village has only 5.7 shack roofs. The greatest assets are the boat and the nets. Every day, children wrap clothes in raincoats and swim to the shore to go to school. You guys enthusiastically taught us how to catch lots of fish. Some of us from To Hieu secondary school came back to Cau Phao, two friends from Moi hamlet looked at the lagoon, looked up at the sky, and watched the treetops sway in the wind. Suddenly a friend shouted: Go immediately get a big basket to catch fish. Sure enough, about half an hour later, schools of fish swam back and forth and rushed at each other, racing to jump ashore. I have never seen a fish jump like that. Everyone competes to collect fish. An old woman shouted: “Don’t make the fish jump”. But after seeing too many fish, she also gave up the taboo and rushed to catch fish. In the morning, our children did not study, we went fishing. I fished forever but the fish did not catch the bait. The brother sitting next to him kept jerking. My grandfather told me that my long-shouldered son only went to work as a student, and his younger brother killed fish. At noon, some of us went to catch boys. The mussels of the Vac lagoon were very large, at first we kept carrying the plastic pot, pushing the pot while stepping on the mud to fumble. When you see a boy, you dive down to catch it. Later, the friends in Moi village taught how to catch with a stick. Choose two bamboo sticks to tie the rope, the two boys pull the rope on the bottom of the dress. Seeing that there are mussels and fishes, they quickly dive down to catch them. It only takes about two hours to fill the pot of mussels. Hai’s friend from Vien Nine is very good at catching. According to Dan Khai Quang, those who live far away from the lagoon also went to catch them. In the afternoon, we invited each other to the banks of the lagoon with many caves to fish for rice husks, and in the afternoon my brother and I caught dozens of fish. Every child is fat. At dusk, both the boys and girls of the brick village invited each other to go fishing for shrimp. The fishing rod is just a small bamboo branch, the fishing line is a white thread, and the hook is a bent bicycle brake line. Big and delicious crayfish, you can even catch the back of the basket. There are many ways to fish with nets, fishing nets, cymbals… Many households live by fishing. Why in the old days (in the 60s and 70s of the last century) shrimp and fish were so plentiful and delicious. Oh, when I go home, I wish I could be like the old days!

Photo captions Dam Vac is most beautiful in the sunrise. The sun shines through the forest of High Hill, dyeing the water pink. In the sky, flocks of white storks and white cauldrons fly. Occasionally, kingfishers swoop down to the lagoon to catch fish. Under the lagoon, two or three bamboo boats are lined up horizontally, while swimming and knocking the fish to the east. Suddenly, the three boats turned sideways, the sound on the boat was as gentle as the music, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. It is the sound of mincing eel, mincing meat as bait for oil cloves. Chopping up an eel, my grandfather threw the bait into a large basket to soak it in the water. The oil shrimp rush to eat. My grandfather gently pulled up the big basket, hundreds of oil cloves lay white in the basket. He quickly dumped the shrimp into two pickles for my grandmother to carry to the provincial market to sell. People in the street compete to buy, blister oil is a specialty. People along the Vac lagoon have a rhyme: Dam Vac shrimp, lost in the sedge market A meal of nine pigs and ten buffaloes is not as good as an oil clove in Vac lagoon Dam Vac oil shrimp is most delicious at the end of summer and early autumn when it has eggs. My grandfather said, they call them oil cloves because they are very fatty, when fried without lard, the oil cloves are still very fragrant, fatty and delicious. Process oil cloves into many delicious dishes. The oil shrimps picked up from the lagoon are still fresh, squeezing out the intestines, keeping the egg bags, making them a little bit crispy, deep frying, drinking a glass of wine or a beer is delicious. Or buy some pickled cassava tops, cooked with oil cloves are also delicious. My grandmother said, the most delicious in the dishes made from oil shrimp is shrimp braised with soy sauce. She is also fussy. Wash shrimp, sprinkle with a little salt, shake well. New hard shrimp for storage. My grandparents are from Hung Yen, she makes very good soy sauce. The jar of soy sauce is usually left at the base of areca. Before storing the shrimp, a little sugar and ginger must be burned to form a bitter candy. She reserved a pot of land for shrimp storage. Ginger soy sauce with bitter candy boil old, evenly fire. She sprinkled a batch of cloves in and continued to boil. Like that, sprinkle boiled shrimp in turn. The fire is not too big, the pot of shrimp is simmering until the soy sauce is exhausted, reduce the fire, boil the fireflies, burn the edges, the sweet aroma is new to the pot. The dark shrimps are still intact and not broken, Watching her pick up the shrimp on the plate, smelling the aroma of braised shrimp, we both looked at the plate of shrimp and rubbed it. Now that I think about it, I still feel hungry. When we ate with new rice, we all said “delicious, delicious”. My grandfather sipped a cup of wine and read the verse: Even though the horse is nine cows and ten buffaloes, Not as good as the oil in the Vac lagoon. Shrewish!

Pa Vi Ha Community Cultural Tourism Village 100% of the people in the village are Mong people. In addition, what attracts visitors is that the culture of the Mong people here is still preserved from house architecture, cuisine, costumes to traditional folklore… Hmong community tourist area in Meo Vac In the cultural village, there is also a cultural house of Meo Vac district, which is considered as a conservation and promotion area for Mong ethnic culture. Visitors here can learn more about the cultural traditions of the Mong people. Even many Hmong tourists from other localities also come to enjoy and better understand the traditional culture of their people. In this village, there are 28 households participating in infrastructure investment and putting into use houses according to the model of Mong ethnic group with architectural design of wooden frame houses, walls and roofs with 2-storey yin and yang tiles. The houses built according to the traditional Hmong house architecture are adjacent to each other and most develop the Homestay service, serving tourists to visit and experience. Room rental rates vary depending on location. Community room ranges from 150 to 200,000 VND/person per night. Single room is about 400 – 550 thousand VND/night depending on the time. In addition, visitors coming here can also enjoy the traditional dishes of the Mong people cooked at the Homestay itself. The entrance to Pa Vi Ha community tourist area. The climate here is very specific and unique. The average annual temperature is about 18 degrees Celsius with a winter lasting up to 8-9 months and there seems to be no hot season. Especially, from December of last year to February of the following year is the coldest time of the year, the lowest temperature can drop below 0 degrees Celsius. The winter is so cold, but the summer is short, only 2-3 months with an average of 19 – 23 degrees Celsius. The weather conditions in the H’Mong ethnic minority culture and tourism village, Pa Vi Ha village make us feel connected. Think about the small Da Lat in Ha Giang. Ms. Thu Hong, a tourist from Hanoi, shared that she often follows the Ha Giang tourism community and has heard a lot of compliments about the community-based cultural and tourism village at the foot of Ma Pi Leng pass. Ms. Hong came here and had the opportunity to experience: “I really feel lost in stories and movies that I’ve seen. The architecture of the house is decorated with yin and yang tiles, creating a cool, very cool atmosphere. easy to sleep, suitable for those who want to relax. The dishes are also very strange such as thang co, meat hanging in the kitchen … attractive to tourists.” In particular, Ms. Hong is very fond of the dances of spreading flowers and the sound of the H’mong boys. Anh Quang – owner of a Homestay shared: when the district party committee had a policy to develop community tourism, he signed up to participate immediately, contributing to the economic development of the locality. Initially, it was estimated that the construction cost would be about 700 million VND, supported by loans. However, during the construction process, Mr. Quang was also capitalized, the total investment cost was more than 2 billion VND. In the early days of construction, it was very difficult, sometimes he wanted to give up, but thinking about the long-term, he had to “stab and follow”. After that, when he completed the homestay and started to have tenants, he was temporarily relieved. However, the operation time was not long before it was caught in the epidemic, so business was also difficult. If there were foreign tourists in the past, now Quang only welcomes domestic tourists. On average, weekends are usually full and there are customers who order food at the restaurant. Mr. Quang said that in order to ensure that according to the motto “please come, please go”, my family and other households in the village always adhere to the standards of friendliness, price transparency, and hygiene. environment in the stages of dining and experience…