(VOVWORLD) - The community-based model of tourism, known as homestay tourism, is increasingly popular with visitors to Vietnam and, at the same time, helps to promote and preserve the cultures of ethnic minority groups. In Tha hamlet, Ha Giang city, the model has helped the locals improve their lives.

(VOVWORLD) - Banh giay Quan Ganh, a white, flat, round glutinous rice cake with or without green beans inside, is enjoyed by lots of people, both Vietnamese and foreigners. The cake is a specialty of Hanoi. Thuong Dinh village in Hanoi's Thuong Tin District specializes in making the cakes.

(VOVWORLD) - A model of growing safe vegetables and keeping bees has been developed in Quan Ba district, Ha Giang province to help local ethnic people reduce poverty and build a stable income. The model has been working, thanks to favorable soil and climate.

(VOVWORLD) - Four villages in Can Tho city have been recognized as craft villages. They are Thuan Hung rice paper village, Thom Rom fishing net weaving village, Pho Tho - Ba Bo flower village, and Ba Rich confectionary village. Nearly 1,000 households with more than 3,000 workers are engaged in crafts and earn 4.3 million USD per year.

(VOVWORLD) - Ninh Thuan has emerged as an attractive destination for those who want to explore and experience the daily activities of locals. Tourists are instructed to harvest vegetables or grapes, make their own knitted goods, mould animals out of clay, and weave brocade products in traditional craft villages of the Cham people.

(VOVWORLD) - Dong Xam village in Thai Binh province is one of 3 places well-known for the silver carving craft, together with Hang Bac Street and Dinh Cong village in Hanoi. Also known as Duong Tham, the 600-year old village is now located in Hong Thai commune, Kien Xuong district.

(VOVWORLD) - Ha Giang province has developed community-based cultural tourism villages to preserve the culture of local ethnic groups, including the village of the Tay ethnic people in Lam Dong commune. The village, which offers accommodation and meals for domestic and international visitors, enables them to explore the lifestyle of local ethnic people.

(VOVWORLD) - Craft villages in Thua Thien Hue provide the locals an income while promoting the area’s culture and tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - Every two years during the Hue Festival, a rural market is held at Thanh Thuy Chanh village, also known as Thanh Toan village, in Thua Thien Hue province. The market is one of the local community tourist attractions.

(VOVWORLD) - There is a farming museum at the center of Thanh Thuy Chanh village, 8km southeast of Hue City. The museum reproduces daily activities of Thanh Toan, the other name of Thanh Thuy Chanh village, via displayed farming and fishing tools.