General information about Yen Duc Village

I. Location

▫ Located in Dong Trieu district, Quang

Ninh province, in the Northeast of

Vietnam

▫ 60km from Halong Bay, 100 km from

Hanoi. The village locates on the highway

between Hanoi and Halong Bay, just a

short drive from both main tourist

destinations in the North of Vietnam.

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II. Community-based tourism

▫ Yen Duc Village is one of a community-based tourism by Indochina Junk.▫ Since 2011, the first community-based tourism project has been operated launching: Yen Duc Village day trip and folk song performance. In the following years, more product and service has been introduced: water puppet show and overnight tours.▫ The purpose of this community has been identified:▫ Bring the unique cultural experience of local community to international visitors▫ Preserve and maintain the local culture heritage and life of habitats.▫ Support local community to develop sustainable agriculture economy and share benefit from tourism project.

III. Attractions in Yen Duc Village4

▫ Local house and family village life: Each local and traditional house in Yen Duc village will provide you a nice experience to observe local life and family tradition, with a nice talking to warm hosts.

▫ Historical monument: Yen Duc village also have some other historical relics related to Tran dynasty and the historical CanhHuong pagoda in the center of the village.

▫ Canh Huong Pagoda: Visiting the pagoda brings you the tranquility of mind and a better understanding of Vietnamese traditional culture.

▫ Quan Ho singing and cultural life: Quan Ho singing is a Vietnamese folk music style characterized both by its antiphonal nature, with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses, and by the fact that most of the songs in the repertoire deal with topics of love and sentimentality.

IV. Activities

• Homemade Vietnamese cooking: the homemade Vietnamese food

in Yen Duc village will amaze you by its fresh and delicious tastes

• Catching fish: Most of the local houses in the village have organic

vegetable gardens, and fish ponds to provide healthy food.

• Gardening: This is an important part of the house in the

countryside, provide vegetables and improve the living

environment; creating open space for the house.

• Water puppetry: Water puppetry is such a perfect representative

of Vietnam’s rural life because it brings many beloved folk stories

to life in an attractive and fun manner

• Visit a local ancient house: The house is the living space of

Vietnamese family, gathering two, three and even four

generations in the same house. By visiting a local house in the

village, you have the easy access to our tradition and lifestyle.

• Visit local market: the Local market is normally located in the

central of the village with easy access, people come to

exchange products, and here you will find all the need for

living.

• Visit local pagoda: Pagoda is the holy place in the ritual life of

Vietnamese, a source of culture and tradition of locals

following Buddhism. Cycling to visit Canh Huong pagoda, you

will feel the quietness of peace in your soul.

IV. Activities

V. Accommodations

▫Viet House: the most comfortable and private

stay. Viet House was built by Indochina Junk in

2012. It’s a traditional house which has a big yard,

kitchen, vegetable garden, well, pond, wall

surrounding, and gate. The property has 2

traditional houses with garden view for staying

overnight; each house has 3 compartments with

two small housings on the left and right sides. All

rooms are well equipped with modern and

traditional facilities.

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Homestay: the best way to experience Vietnamese

culture by living with local villagers. Each homestay

in Yen Duc village has 2 – 3 private & clean garden

view rooms with comfortable bedding. You will find

all the basic facilities for your stay in this village

homestay.

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Viet-House Homestay

Day trip:- 2,5 Hours tour: a short trip to admire the

amazing tranquility in Yen Duc village with some amazing activities.

- 5 Hours tour: a perfect short trip to know more about a North village of Vietnam.

Overnight trip:- 2 days 1-night tour: overnight in Viet House or

homestay, experience the life of Yen Duc Village. - 3 days 2 nights tour: overnight in Viet House or

homestay, join a lot of interesting activities during the trip.

VI. Available Tours

• The combination with Bai Tu Long Bay trip:

- 3 days 2 nights tour: combined with Halong Bay Cruise

- 4 days 3 nights tour: combined with Halong Bay Cruise

VI. Available Tours

VII. WHAT WE ACHIEVED

What we achieved

• 500 villagers has been trained

about community-based

tourism and understand the

positive effect of tourism on

the community

• 50 villagers have directly

worked for the project and get

paid more than 3.000.000

VND/ month.

What we achieved• 1 English class for children in village operates annually

• 20 Scholarships give to local students every year

• Thousands of international visitors have visited the village and

appreciate the local life and culture here.

• Many television broadcasting channels, newspapers wrote

about the village and shared to the world about the

destination.

• Awareness of local authority in Quang Ninh province towards

community-based tourism.

• Winner of “ TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence” in 4

consecutive years ( 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).

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