{"id":68672,"date":"2026-07-14T20:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68672"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:04:47","slug":"at-this-stunning-vietnamese-mountain-resort-luxury-meets-local-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68672","title":{"rendered":"At this stunning Vietnamese mountain resort, luxury meets local culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Standing in a protected heritage landscape in the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam, the Garrya Mu Cang Chai resort features a main building that is believed to be the largest bamboo structure in the country.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Part of the Singapore-based hospitality company Banyan Group, the resort is well worth the winding, six-hour drive from Hanoi to Pu Nhu Village, in Yen Bai province\u2019s mountainous rural district of Mu Cang Chai.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Mu Cang Chai\u2019s layered rice terraces, sculpted over 400 years by generations of Hmong people, have long been recognised as one of Southeast Asia\u2019s most remarkable landscapes. In 2007, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism designated this district a national heritage site.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Yet until now, this terrain \u2013 located roughly 200km (125 miles) northwest of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Hanoi<\/span> \u2013 has remained largely the preserve of hardcore trekkers and seasonal photographers drawn by the changing colour of the harvest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The lobby area of Garrya Mu Cang Chai highlights the main resort building\u2019s bamboo structure. 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In Yen Bai, located some 1,500 metres (4,900ft) above sea level, that calm is only interrupted by the sound of cicadas and the chirping of birds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3360456\/stunning-vietnamese-mountain-resort-luxury-meets-local-culture?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing in a protected heritage landscape in the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam, the Garrya Mu Cang Chai resort features a main building that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[1332,1034,3656,797,7909,5409,7713,7662],"class_list":["post-68672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-culture","tag-local","tag-luxury","tag-meets","tag-mountain","tag-resort","tag-stunning","tag-vietnamese","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}