Pom Coong Village

Pom Coong Village is a traditional White Thai ethnic village located in Mai Chau Town, Mai Chau District, Phu Tho Province in northwestern Vietnam. Set in the flat Mai Chau Valley surrounded by rice paddies and limestone mountains, it is known for its well-preserved wooden stilt houses, brocade weaving tradition and community-based tourism. The village offers homestay accommodation and cultural experiences, representing Thai ethnic architecture and rural life.

Visitors can expect a compact rural village of traditional Thai stilt houses built of wood on stilts with palm-leaf or tiled roofs, set among rice fields and narrow village lanes. The settlement is residential and walkable, with homestays, small shops selling brocade textiles and souvenirs, and open communal areas. Visitors can see weaving demonstrations, explore the houses, cycle around the valley, and observe daily village life and agricultural surroundings.

Pom Coong is a long-established White Thai settlement in the Mai Chau Valley, maintaining traditional stilt-house architecture and settlement patterns that reflect Thai ethnic history in northwestern Vietnam. The village has preserved its residential layout and building techniques over generations and has become a model for community-based tourism development in Mai Chau since the 1990s.

The village is culturally significant as a centre of White Thai culture, known for traditional stilt-house architecture, brocade weaving, folk dance and music, and communal customs. It showcases the lifestyle, textiles, cuisine and hospitality of the Thai ethnic group and serves as a living cultural site where visitors can experience local crafts and homestay traditions.