Thao Nguyen is a ward located in the center of Moc Chau National Tourist Area, established on the basis of merging Thao Nguyen and Co Do wards, with a natural area of over 53 km² and a population of over 22,400 people. Thao Nguyen has many factors to become a modern, unique and civilized tourist city.
Thao Nguyen Ward today.
Thao Nguyen Ward has a terrain that is mainly plateau, interspersed with low hills and valleys, with grasslands, cool green tea hills, favorable for agricultural production, building farm models, farms, and ecological resorts. The climate is cool all year round, favorable for the development of temperate fruit trees, flowers, clean vegetables and high-value livestock. The fertile land is suitable for growing tea, plums, strawberries, orchids, vegetables and medicinal plants, favorable for building specialized areas for high-quality agricultural products...
This place also converges and exchanges the cultures of many ethnic groups that have lived here for a long time, such as: Kinh, Thai, Mong, Dao, Muong..., creating a rich, unique cultural space imbued with the identity of the Northwest highlands. In the ward, there are many cultural sites, historical - spiritual works associated with the formation and development of Moc Chau land; community tourism spots, homestays are being formed and developed in association with ecological conservation and civilized urban construction.
Comrade Tran Dan Khoi, Secretary of the Party Committee of Thao Nguyen Ward, said: The ward has many favorable conditions for comprehensive development, with outstanding advantages in terms of central location, typical climate and landscape, and rich natural resources. In particular, the implementation of the Hoa Binh - Moc Chau - Son La expressway project, along with Moc Chau being recognized as a National Tourist Area, has created a strong driving force to promote growth, investment, trade - services and regional connectivity. This is a great opportunity for Thao Nguyen Ward to promote its role as a dynamic urban center, exploiting to the fullest the potential of its geographical location, ecological landscape, cultural identity of ethnic groups and quality human resources, gradually building it into a modern, ecological, smart and livable tourist city.
Moc Chau walking street in Thao Nguyen ward.
In the past 5 years, the ward has invested in building 82 projects, with a total investment of more than 242 billion VND; people and businesses have contributed to building over 7 km of roads... Thanks to that, the inner-city traffic projects, urban lighting systems, telecommunications infrastructure, commercial and service infrastructure are relatively synchronous. Tourism has developed in the direction of focusing on exploiting natural potential and ethnic culture, with many outstanding tourist attractions such as: Walking street, Na Ka plum valley, tea hills... Along with that, the tourism infrastructure is relatively synchronous with more than 200 hotels, motels, homestays, restaurants providing services...
Thao Nguyen Hotel & Resort, Thao Nguyen ward is one of the most luxurious resorts in Moc Chau plateau. With a total area of 6 hectares, divided into many areas, such as: Villa area stretching on the hillsides, 100 rooms; 9-storey hotel, 150 rooms; the largest 2-storey hall in Moc Chau plateau, with a capacity of over 2,500 guests designed in European style, along with many auxiliary items... has affirmed its quality, brand and position in the tourism industry.
Mr. Le Van Anh, Director of Thao Nguyen Hotel & Resort, informed: We strive to create a high-class accommodation space, in line with the trend of developing green and sustainable tourism. Aiming for higher standards and more diverse services, we will continue to upgrade facilities, expand the scale of conference, seminar and event rooms, not only providing visitors with high-class accommodation space, but also being an ideal destination for large-scale domestic and international events.
A corner of Thao Nguyen Hotel & Resort.
At the 1st Congress of the Party Committee of Thao Nguyen Ward, term 2025-2030, the goal was set to focus resources on investing in developing tourism infrastructure, transportation, services and synchronous technical facilities, prioritizing the completion of the regional transportation system, tourism infrastructure, completing the criteria of Moc Chau National Tourist Area; gradually forming a high-quality eco-tourism, cultural and resort center in the Northwest region; building Thao Nguyen Ward into a modern, unique and civilized tourist urban area.
Ms. Pham Tu Uyen, Vice Chairman of Thao Nguyen Ward People's Committee, shared: To realize the set goals, the ward continues to develop modern and synchronous infrastructure; focus on investing in building urban infrastructure and utility services; research and synthesize potential areas to plan walking and culinary streets, organize cultural events; plan suitable land use types, invite investors; protect and develop green spaces, tea hills, and grasslands in the urban area. Develop diverse tourism services, hotel accommodation, homestay, entertainment, focusing on resort tourism and eco-tourism. Promote linkages and promote tourism associated with preserving and promoting cultural identity, preserving and promoting the unique values of Thao Nguyen...
With the determination of the Party Committee, government and people of Thao Nguyen ward, and the cooperation of businesses, we believe that Thao Nguyen ward will become a modern, unique, civilized urban area, an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists.