Hoa Binh is only 2 hours (75 km) from Hanoi. This province is home to Vietnamese minorities people including the H'mong, Muong, Dzao and Thai. The area has changed a lot since the largest hydro-electric power station in Southeast Asia was built here, turning the Da River into a lake. Still, even today, the province boasts some of Vietnam's most beautiful scenery.
You will leave Hanoi at 8:30 a.m. for the drive to Hoa Binh. Once there, you will visit villages of Muong and Dzao minority peoples. After having met the local villagers you will continue on for a look at the enormous dam and embark on a boat for a wonderful cruise on the reservoir. You will stop to visit one of many villages of the Muong ethnic minority on the bank of the reservoir to get a closer look at their life before driving back to Hanoi.
