The bustling urban life makes the countryside gradually become the dreamland of many people thanks to its peaceful and rustic picture. Many choose to go there with the dream of starting a business, but there are also some who just want to satisfy their passion for farming, taking care of gardens and plants as an elegant hobby. Whatever the purpose, the hard work of these people to create an appealing landscape for themselves and visitors is also worth it

Nam Yen homestay is located in a garden with a peaceful and rustic setting. Photo: D.H.L

1.After many years of working in Ho Chi Minh City, Ms Yen Phung, My An Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, decided to invest in buying a hill garden in Trung Nghia Village, Hoa Ninh Commune, Hoa Vang District, to build a garden house named Yen' House serving both the family and visitors’ relaxing moments

This land was previously planted with several fruit trees such as durian, lemon, jackfruit, and mangosteen to meet the demands of family, friends and relatives. Then, Ms Phung started to renovate this rocky land into a quiet garden for the guests who wants to find a place to rest at the weekend. Ms Phung also turned a small hillside in the garden into a lovely tiny park with paths filled with flowers so that visitors can take a seat and enjoy the view of the mountains at dawn or dusk.

“Being in nature with my family during the weekends is what I love most. This amazing space offers my children a valuable chance to experience a peaceful life in the suburbs after tiring weekdays. Especially, Yen' House garden is an ideal place for my children to play during the COVID-19 resurgences”, said Phung

2. Opposite Ms Phung's Yen' House is Mr Tran Phuoc Quoc's Family Farm. He bought this land a few years ago with the desire to create a house having gardens to grow vegetables, fruits and many roses, and to create a relaxing place for guests to visit, rest and experience farming on weekends.

Perhaps the most impressive thing in the Family Farm garden is a large number of large and colourful old roses collected by Mr Quoc from his travels to the Northern provinces. In addition, numerous flowers grown and taken care of by Mr Quoc in the garden or along aisles also make visitors feel like they are lost in a flower garden in Da Lat. Interspersed with flower beds are the green vegetable gardens grown by himself such as cabbage, lettuce, water spinach, spring onion, bitter melon.

Therefore, Family Farm is a wonderful destination for families and their children to experience interesting activities such as taking care of, watering, picking vegetables, weeding in the garden. In addition, the garden also has a large and airy hut for guests to gather, sing together, enjoy tea at dawn or dusk, or watch the moon rise on the top of the mountain and the morning dew.

Do Thi Huyen Tram (left) discusses her business plan for Nam Yen homestay. Photo: D.H.L

3. Ms Do Thi Huyen Tram, a local in Nam Yen Village, Hoa Bac Commune, Hoa Vang District, has an advantage in understanding the potentials and cultural strengths of the Co Tu ethnic minority group to develop community tourism. copper. In particular, she also participates in running the project Strengthening community capacity in natural resource management, contributing to the protection of biodiversity in Ba Na Nui Chua Nature Reserve, conserving and promoting traditional Co Tu ethnic culture and traditions, ecotourism development in Da Nang funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Ms Huyen Tram decided to invest in building a Homestay tourism model by renovating the garden where she lived after quitting her administrative job. With a wooden house design imbued with the architecture of the Co Tu ethnic minority group, Nam Yen homestay has become an impressive highlight for those coming to Hoa Bac Commune.

Nam Yen Homestay offers visitors an airy space where they can rest in a room housing full amenities amid the chilly atmosphere of Hoa Bac mountains. The large main room and kitchen are shared spaces for tourists to gather and cook delicious meals they want.

Moreover, Ms Huyen Tram also planted many kinds of fruits and flowers in her garden to create a landscape full of mountains and forests scents. This is also a connection nutshell to support local people to consume agricultural products such as organic rice, bananas, wild vegetables, honey, sesame oil when tourists come here.
Tram usually grasps the actual situation of local specialities and tourism potentials to promote the connection between tourists and households in the commune, contributing to helping people participate in the supply chain of local community tourism products.

The business model combined relaxation’s benefits for travellers and economic ones for residents of rural tourist areas has been more popular among young adults. This model not only helps them enjoy a peaceful, rustic life in the countryside but also gets closer to the natural environment, thereby raising the awareness of environmental protection. At the same time, it helps contribute to the conservation and promotion of the environment and traditional cultural values of the Co Tu ethnic minority groups in particular and the local people in general.

Reporting by DOAN HAO LUONG- Translating by T.VY