Why Lo Lo Chai is Building More Concrete Houses
Lo Lo Chai, a village in northern Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang Province named one of the world’s Best Tourism Villages in 2025, has seen 20 new houses built, but only three retain its traditional rammed-earth walls and yin-yang tiled roofs. As tourism grows, can the village balance the push for better facilities and business interests with the need to preserve its cultural identity?