Timeless M’lieng Village

The village children bathe in the stream

M’lieng village beside Lak Lake in Daklak Province is still the same as it was a hundred years. The old houses and paths make it one of the rare villages that preserves the highland’s tangible and intangible cultural values.

To get to the village from Buon Ma Thuot City travel to Lien Son Town and then head to Daklak’s famous Lak Lake. Tourists can hire a motorboat or a wooden boat to cross the lake to the village. The peaceful village is surrounded by hills, mountains and primeval forests.

The M’nong ethnic minority live in traditional long houses built of wood and thatch cut from the forest. Each house is 30 meters long and includes five areas according to the M’nong family matriarchal system. It takes several years to collect all the timber from the forest for one house, and they hold ceremonies when they chop down big trees.

Long houses in M’lieng Village in Daklak Province - Photos: Lam Van Son

Each family has rice fields, cornfields and vegetable farms with herds of cattle. Some rich families also have elephants to carry wood and goods for sale.

Many villagers still keep old jars and drums made of elephant or buffalo leather. The village has their own ethnic music and dance traditions that they perform at festivals.

Most of them do traditional craft - making brocade, gongs and jars and weaving bamboo products and fishing nets and traps.

Staying overnight by the flickering firelight while enjoying local dishes and listening to old men tell folk stories is an amazing experience.

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Timeless M’lieng Village

The village children bathe in the stream

M’lieng village beside Lak Lake in Daklak Province is still the same as it was a hundred years. The old houses and paths make it one of the rare villages that preserves the highland’s tangible and intangible cultural values.

To get to the village from Buon Ma Thuot City travel to Lien Son Town and then head to Daklak’s famous Lak Lake. Tourists can hire a motorboat or a wooden boat to cross the lake to the village. The peaceful village is surrounded by hills, mountains and primeval forests.

The M’nong ethnic minority live in traditional long houses built of wood and thatch cut from the forest. Each house is 30 meters long and includes five areas according to the M’nong family matriarchal system. It takes several years to collect all the timber from the forest for one house, and they hold ceremonies when they chop down big trees.

Long houses in M’lieng Village in Daklak Province - Photos: Lam Van Son

Each family has rice fields, cornfields and vegetable farms with herds of cattle. Some rich families also have elephants to carry wood and goods for sale.

Many villagers still keep old jars and drums made of elephant or buffalo leather. The village has their own ethnic music and dance traditions that they perform at festivals.

Most of them do traditional craft - making brocade, gongs and jars and weaving bamboo products and fishing nets and traps.

Staying overnight by the flickering firelight while enjoying local dishes and listening to old men tell folk stories is an amazing experience.

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Timeless M’lieng Village

The village children bathe in the stream

M’lieng village beside Lak Lake in Daklak Province is still the same as it was a hundred years. The old houses and paths make it one of the rare villages that preserves the highland’s tangible and intangible cultural values.

To get to the village from Buon Ma Thuot City travel to Lien Son Town and then head to Daklak’s famous Lak Lake. Tourists can hire a motorboat or a wooden boat to cross the lake to the village. The peaceful village is surrounded by hills, mountains and primeval forests.

The M’nong ethnic minority live in traditional long houses built of wood and thatch cut from the forest. Each house is 30 meters long and includes five areas according to the M’nong family matriarchal system. It takes several years to collect all the timber from the forest for one house, and they hold ceremonies when they chop down big trees.

Long houses in M’lieng Village in Daklak Province - Photos: Lam Van Son

Each family has rice fields, cornfields and vegetable farms with herds of cattle. Some rich families also have elephants to carry wood and goods for sale.

Many villagers still keep old jars and drums made of elephant or buffalo leather. The village has their own ethnic music and dance traditions that they perform at festivals.

Most of them do traditional craft - making brocade, gongs and jars and weaving bamboo products and fishing nets and traps.

Staying overnight by the flickering firelight while enjoying local dishes and listening to old men tell folk stories is an amazing experience.

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Timeless M’lieng Village

The village children bathe in the stream

M’lieng village beside Lak Lake in Daklak Province is still the same as it was a hundred years. The old houses and paths make it one of the rare villages that preserves the highland’s tangible and intangible cultural values.

To get to the village from Buon Ma Thuot City travel to Lien Son Town and then head to Daklak’s famous Lak Lake. Tourists can hire a motorboat or a wooden boat to cross the lake to the village. The peaceful village is surrounded by hills, mountains and primeval forests.

The M’nong ethnic minority live in traditional long houses built of wood and thatch cut from the forest. Each house is 30 meters long and includes five areas according to the M’nong family matriarchal system. It takes several years to collect all the timber from the forest for one house, and they hold ceremonies when they chop down big trees.

Long houses in M’lieng Village in Daklak Province - Photos: Lam Van Son

Each family has rice fields, cornfields and vegetable farms with herds of cattle. Some rich families also have elephants to carry wood and goods for sale.

Many villagers still keep old jars and drums made of elephant or buffalo leather. The village has their own ethnic music and dance traditions that they perform at festivals.

Most of them do traditional craft - making brocade, gongs and jars and weaving bamboo products and fishing nets and traps.

Staying overnight by the flickering firelight while enjoying local dishes and listening to old men tell folk stories is an amazing experience.

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Fried hill chicken in Cao Bang

Fried chicken legs are a favorite dish in Cao Bang District - Photo: Lam Van Son

Tourists visiting Cao Bang Province, should try fried hill chicken, a typical dish of the highlands. Minh Hoach Restaurant in Cao Bang Town is an ideal place to sample this local specialty.

Hill chickens are raised free range on the mountainsides foraging for themselves and fed occasionally with rice. So the chickens are strong and their meat is really firm. These birds have red or black feathers, yellow legs and red crests.

Chicken is popular in many kinds of dishes, but most popular are the fried legs. The dish excites gastronomes by its yellow skin, crispness, fragrance and the tough sweet meat.

The dish should be eaten when it still hot with sticky rice.

Steamed chicken with lemon leaves is also delicious. The dish should be done to a turn to keep the yellow of the skin and sweetness with aroma of lemon leaves. The dish should be served with salt mixed with dried onion, pepper and lemon.

Moreover, fried chicken with noodles or fried chicken with mushroom are also very tasty.

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Fried chicken legs are a favorite dish in Cao Bang District - Photo: Lam Van Son

Tourists visiting Cao Bang Province, should try fried hill chicken, a typical dish of the highlands. Minh Hoach Restaurant in Cao Bang Town is an ideal place to sample this local specialty.

Hill chickens are raised free range on the mountainsides foraging for themselves and fed occasionally with rice. So the chickens are strong and their meat is really firm. These birds have red or black feathers, yellow legs and red crests.

Chicken is popular in many kinds of dishes, but most popular are the fried legs. The dish excites gastronomes by its yellow skin, crispness, fragrance and the tough sweet meat.

The dish should be eaten when it still hot with sticky rice.

Steamed chicken with lemon leaves is also delicious. The dish should be done to a turn to keep the yellow of the skin and sweetness with aroma of lemon leaves. The dish should be served with salt mixed with dried onion, pepper and lemon.

Moreover, fried chicken with noodles or fried chicken with mushroom are also very tasty.

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Fried hill chicken in Cao Bang

Fried chicken legs are a favorite dish in Cao Bang District - Photo: Lam Van Son

Tourists visiting Cao Bang Province, should try fried hill chicken, a typical dish of the highlands. Minh Hoach Restaurant in Cao Bang Town is an ideal place to sample this local specialty.

Hill chickens are raised free range on the mountainsides foraging for themselves and fed occasionally with rice. So the chickens are strong and their meat is really firm. These birds have red or black feathers, yellow legs and red crests.

Chicken is popular in many kinds of dishes, but most popular are the fried legs. The dish excites gastronomes by its yellow skin, crispness, fragrance and the tough sweet meat.

The dish should be eaten when it still hot with sticky rice.

Steamed chicken with lemon leaves is also delicious. The dish should be done to a turn to keep the yellow of the skin and sweetness with aroma of lemon leaves. The dish should be served with salt mixed with dried onion, pepper and lemon.

Moreover, fried chicken with noodles or fried chicken with mushroom are also very tasty.

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