Agricultural homestay tourism takes off

The tourism project in An Giang in which visitors to the province live and work with local families has proved such a success that the Netherlands Farmers Association plans to extend it for several more years. Ha Nguyen reports.

Farmer Ho Quoc Tuan stands to earn up to VND20 million (US$1,000) a month from an agriculture homestay project funded by the Netherlands Farmers Association.

Tuan, who lives in My Hoa Hung Village, was among the first households in the southern province of An Giang to join the tourism project in 2007.

"Each project participant was given VND15 million ($750) to invest in building toilets and renovating bathrooms and my family invested our own money to repair our boats and ponds and upgrade bedrooms to be ready to welcome tourists," Tuan said.