Pick-up at Hanoi Opera House (1 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem)
The car and guide will pick you up and depart for Muong Coc (My Duc Commune, ~60 km, about 1 hour 30 minutes).
Welcome at Đồi Dùng Tourism Hub · BECOME A MƯỜNG PERSON · Gió Núi Farmstay · LEAVE A GREEN FOOTPRINT · Mộc Mường Cốc Farmstay · Trạm Chill Farmstay · Nét Thanh – Mường Cultural Space · Đồi Dùng Cultural House · Folk Games – Return to Childhood · Return to Tourism Hub – Journey's End
06:30–08:00
Pick-up at Hanoi Opera House (1 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem)
The car and guide will pick you up and depart for Muong Coc (My Duc Commune, ~60 km, about 1 hour 30 minutes).
08:00–08:30
Welcome at Đồi Dùng Tourism Hub
Guests are welcomed at Đồi Dùng Tourism Hub with a warm cup of Mường herbal tea, a short introduction to the Mường Village in the heart of the capital, the 5 NO criteria, the Refill Station network, and the orientation toward green community tourism aimed at Net Zero.
Each visitor will receive a Mường Cốc cloth bag, a headscarf, an experience map, and a "Mường Person for a Day" card to begin the role-play journey.
08:30–09:30
BECOME A MƯỜNG PERSON
Meet host Mr. Chế – Putting on the soul of the Mường land
After the first welcome at Đồi Dùng Tourism Hub, the role-play journey officially begins at Mr. Chế's house – one of the households that still preserves many memories and traditional ways of life of the Mường Cốc people.
Here, the grandmothers, mothers, and sisters in the village will personally guide guests into traditional Mường attire, including the graceful pắn shirt, Mường skirt, headscarf, and a small brocade bag. Costumes that seemed to appear only at festivals now become part of the experience itself, helping each visitor truly become a member of the Mường community for a day.
The atmosphere becomes livelier as guests learn simple communication phrases in the Mường language such as:
Hello;
Thank you;
Please eat rice;
Please drink water;
Wishing you good health.
Mr. Chế will tell visitors simple yet proud stories about the Mường stilt house, community life, wedding customs, folk beliefs, behavioral culture, and the sacred role of the gong in the spiritual life of the Mường people.
This is also an ideal time to capture the first souvenir photos on the "A Day as a Mường Person" journey.
09:30–11:00
Gió Núi Farmstay
Experience Mường Cốc's first VAC model – Touch green agriculture and rural life
Leaving Mr. Chế's house, guests continue to Gió Núi Farmstay – Mường Cốc's first agricultural and rural tourism model developed toward a circular economy, Net Zero, and the 5 NO criteria.
Mr. Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn and Ms. Lê Thị Hải Yến's family will welcome the group with the gentle smiles of Mường people and lead guests into the rhythm of life of a real farming family.
Guests will:
Feed fish by the village pond;
🥬 Harvest seasonal clean vegetables;
Pick corn;
🥔 Dig potatoes;
🥚 Collect chicken eggs;
🦆 Herd ducks back to the coop;
Feed the chickens;
Learn about the traditional Garden – Pond – Livestock model.
In particular, the outdoor antique farm tool display will take visitors back in time to explore the wooden plow, harrow, fish scoop basket, shrimp trap, fish trap, and many items tied to the agricultural life of the Mường people across generations.
Here, guests will also hear shares about Mường Cốc's development philosophy:
Farm to Table;
Circular agriculture;
Responsible tourism;
The 5 NO criteria;
The first Refill Station model;
The journey toward Net Zero.
11:00–11:30
LEAVE A GREEN FOOTPRINT
Plant a green sprout – Leave something good for Mường Cốc
Not only coming to experience, visitors also have the opportunity to leave a positive mark on the destination.
Each guest will choose to plant a medicinal herb, a fruit tree, or a native flower suited to the landscape of Mường Cốc.
A small name sign is attached beside the tree as a promise for a return visit.
The tree's location will be marked on the digital map, and visitors will receive a certificate:
"I have left a green footprint at Mường Cốc."
A small action today can become shade for visitors many years later.
11:30–13:30
Mộc Mường Cốc Farmstay
A Mường Meal – The Taste of Connection
It is time to return to the Mường kitchen.
At Mộc Mường Cốc Farmstay, guests will join a folk cuisine practice class with activities:
Grill bamboo-tube rice;
Pound cakes;
Wrap in banana leaves;
Prepare hạt dổi salt;
Prepare forest vegetables.
Afterward, the whole group gathers around the Mường Leaf Tray Meal with typical dishes:
Hill chicken;
Pond fish;
Bamboo-tube rice;
Steamed meat in banana leaves;
Bitter leaf soup;
Seasonal forest vegetables;
Lotus tea;
Rượu cần.
It is not only a meal but also an opportunity to feel sharing, community spirit, and the Mường people's philosophy of living in harmony with nature.
13:30–14:30
Trạm Chill Farmstay
A Quiet Pause in the Mường Village
After lunch, guests relax in the cool green space of Trạm Chill Farmstay.
Soak feet in herbal leaf water.
Enjoy herbal tea.
Or choose craft workshops such as:
Bamboo and rattan weaving;
Lotus tea scenting;
Medicinal herb harvesting;
Making sachets from local herbs.
14:30–15:00
Nét Thanh – Mường Cultural Space
Workshop "Keeping the Village Soul – Spreading Mường Identity"
After a lunch rich in Mường flavors, guests leisurely visit Nét Thanh – Mường Cultural Space, a small, simple house that holds many stories about Mường women, about diligent hands, and about the art of sewing and embroidery preserved through generations.
In a space filled with indigo and white tones and the friendly laughter of grandmothers and mothers, guests will sit around the veranda, listen to stories about traditional Mường attire – from the pắn shirt, headscarf, skirt waistband, belt to the small brocade bag that holds so much cultural meaning.
Under the dedicated guidance of artisans and local women, guests can join experiential activities such as:
Practice threading a needle and learn basic Mường stitches;
Practice attaching a skirt waistband, sewing a scarf edge, or embroidering simple patterns on fabric;
Make keychains or small sachets from recycled brocade fabric in the spirit of green tourism and emission reduction;
Learn the meaning of colors and patterns on traditional Mường clothing;
Take souvenir photos in the cultural space with a complete Mường outfit.
For children and students, this is not only a fun craft activity but also an opportunity to experience traditional clothing, to understand that before ready-made clothes as today, each traditional outfit was the crystallization of patience, skill, and love for culture of local women.
The grandmothers in the village often say jokingly:
"One stitch can join two pieces of fabric, but it can also connect the memory of one generation with the next."
The Mường cultural space at Nét Thanh does not aim to create perfect products, but hopes visitors can slow down a little, sit with local people, hold a needle, thread it, listen to stories, and feel that cultural identity is not in a museum, but still present in every house, every pair of hands, and in the very simple rhythm of life in Mường Cốc today.
Optional activities at Nét Thanh
Guests can register for one of the short workshops:
• Workshop "I Am a Mường Girl" (children)
• Workshop "One Needle Stitch Keeps the Mường Soul"
• Mường herbal sachet-making workshop
• Net Zero cloth bag sewing workshop from recycled brocade fabric
• Mường Cốc souvenir-making workshop – Touch Peace
15:00–16:00
Đồi Dùng Cultural House
Learn to Be a Mường Artisan
Under the guidance of local artisans, guests will learn their first gong rhythms, practice singing Mường folk songs, Mường dances, and immerse themselves in the community cultural space.
16:00–17:00
Folk Games – Return to Childhood
Laughter will ring out in the yard of Đồi Dùng Cultural House with folk games:
• Stilt walking
• Tug of war
• Còn throwing
• Blindfolded duck catching
• Ô ăn quan
• Bamboo dance
17:00–18:00
Return to Tourism Hub – Journey's End
Before saying goodbye, guests will receive a certificate:
"I have been a Mường person for a day."
Along with a small gift from the community:
Mường herbal tea bag
Wildflower seeds
Lotus tea
Souvenir card noting the location of the planted tree
The program is built on four typical experience pillars of Mường Cốc:
Green agriculture and circular economy – experience the VAC model at Gió Núi Farmstay;
Local cuisine and Farm to Table – prepare and enjoy the Mường Leaf Tray Meal together at Mộc Mường Cốc;
Traditional crafts and ethnic clothing – learn sewing and embroidery and feel the beauty of Mường culture at Nét Thanh;
Intangible cultural heritage – immerse in the gong space, folk songs, and folk games at Đồi Dùng Cultural House.
There are places to pass through. There are places to stop. And there are also places to remember.
We hope that when leaving Mường Cốc, guests will not only bring back beautiful photos but also carry with them a sense of peace, a story to tell, a green sprout planted in the soil, and a promise to return in another lotus season.
18:00–19:30
The car takes you back to Hanoi
Drop-off at Hanoi Opera House (1 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem), end of program.
