Hung Lo Ancient Village

Hung Lo Ancient Village is a preserved traditional village in Hung Lo Commune, Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province, about 10 km southeast of Viet Tri center on the Lo River. Notable for its northern Vietnamese rural architecture, including the 17th-century Hung Lo Communal House and dozens of 100 to 200-year-old wooden houses. The village is recognized as a cultural heritage site and a center for Xoan singing, offering an authentic glimpse of Red River Delta village life.

Visitors can expect a quiet rural village setting along the Lo River with narrow lanes, traditional wooden houses with tiled roofs, courtyards and wooden pillars, and the prominent Hung Lo Communal House with intricate wood carvings. Areas to explore include the communal house courtyard, ancient private houses open by permission, village alleys and riverside paths. Cultural elements include Xoan singing performances, ancestral worship space and traditional craft demonstrations in a lived-in heritage environment.

Hung Lo is a village with several hundred years of history in the Red River Delta. Its centerpiece, Hung Lo Communal House, was originally built in the Le Dynasty in the 17th century and has been restored while retaining original wooden structure and carvings depicting village life, festivals and folk motifs. The village preserves traditional settlement patterns and wooden house architecture representative of northern Vietnam.

The village is a key center for Xoan singing, a folk performing art associated with Hung Kings worship and recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The communal house serves as a community worship and festival space, and the village maintains traditional customs, architecture and rural lifestyle of the Phu Tho region.