Viet Hai Village

Viet Hai Village is a small isolated fishing and farming village located in the interior of Cat Ba Island within Cat Ba National Park, Cat Hai District, Hai Phong. Surrounded by limestone karsts, jungle and mountains, it is accessible only by boat via Lan Ha Bay or by trekking and cycling through the national park. The village is notable for its preserved traditional houses, rice fields, and community-based ecotourism within the Cat Ba Archipelago Biosphere Reserve.

Visitors can expect a quiet rural village set in a valley surrounded by Cat Ba National Park and limestone mountains. The area features traditional stilt and brick houses, rice paddies, vegetable gardens, fish ponds and small canals. Visitors typically arrive by boat from Cat Ba Town or Lan Ha Bay and then explore by bicycle or on foot. The village offers cycling paths, trekking trails through the national park, homestays, local restaurants, and views of forested hills and karst landscape.

Viet Hai is a long-established fishing and farming village that developed in isolation within Cat Ba Island's interior valley. Its relative isolation helped preserve traditional architecture and agricultural practices. The village is now part of Cat Ba National Park, established in 1986, and lies within the Cat Ba Archipelago Biosphere Reserve recognized in 2004.

The village represents traditional coastal fishing and agricultural culture of Cat Ba Island, with stilt houses, communal farming, fish farming and local crafts. It is maintained as a community-based ecotourism destination showcasing rural Vietnamese village life, local cuisine and customs within the biosphere reserve.