Seo My Ty - a new land that still retains the characteristics of the Mong village in Sapa (Lao Cai) with roofs roofed with po mu wooden planks, terraced fields winding around the highest artificial lake in Indochina, peach trees, plum trees, vegetable gardens, and cattle herds make you have a strange sense of peace.
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Seo My Ty - a tourist destination that is still quite new to tourists when visiting Sa Pa National Tourist Area, is a small village of Ta Van commune, located deep in the core of Hoang Lien National Park, about 20km from Sa Pa. This place has a lot of potential to develop types of ecotourism, culture associated with the new Mong ethnic community of Sa Pa, attracting tourists who prefer peace and explore nature, mountains and forests of the Northwest.
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To get to Seo My Billion, visitors will pass through the road with the most beautiful landscape in Sa Pa – Muong Hoa valley, then continue through the center of Lao Chai commune, Ta Van or Bai Co Co. From the center of Ta Van to Seo My Tri, the road is quite difficult to go, only suitable for motorbikes or 2-axle cars because this is a new destination. In return, you will be able to see the panoramic view of Muong Hoa Valley, the heritage of terraced fields, the beautiful bamboo forest strictly protected by the local people...
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After about 1 hour of driving, you will be surprised by the peaceful and poetic natural scenery, almost separate from the noisy life in the city. In front of you is the clear blue Seo My Ty Lake, known as the highest artificial lake in Indochina. The lake is about 60 hectares wide and was formed after the construction of the Seo Trung Ho hydropower plant. On the surface of the rolling lake , small boats and bamboo patches occasionally appear to serve the travel needs of people on both sides of the lake and serve tourists to take pictures.
The poetic scenery will remind you of frames in famous movies or cups. In the other corner, there are fish cages erected by people around the lake to release salmon and other fish to take advantage of the clean water in the lake bed, this is also one of the important sources of income contributing to improving the lives of the people of Seo My Ti.
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Around the bed of Seo My Ty lake is the home of about 80 Mong households who have settled and cultivated here for many generations, almost still retaining the characteristics of the Mong village in Sa Pa with roofs of po mu wooden planks. The terraced fields winding around the wooden houses, peach trees, plum trees, vegetable gardens, and cattle make you feel strangely peaceful.
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Coming to Seo My Billion, you should also spend time walking in the primeval forest with the locals, watching the vast forests, many types of precious wood, listening to the sound of holy birds singing somewhere behind the trees, watching the green cardamom forest waiting for the harvest day...
According to Lao Cai Tourism