If visitors are familiar with Hoa Binh through products such as Cao Phong Orange, Tan Lac grapefruit, Phuc San taro, Thung Khe corn, San Tuyet Pa Co tea, then don't forget to experience the purple sugarcane season in Hoa Binh.

Vast purple sugarcane fields (Photo: danviet.vn)

In fact, purple sugarcane in Hoa Binh seems to be available all year round, but around November to March every year is the most "ripe" sugarcane season. Visiting Hoa Binh on this occasion, visitors can see fields of green sugar cane. The ones with the largest sugarcane growing areas in Hoa Binh province are Cao Phong, Lac Son, and Yen Thuy district. In harvest season, gardeners often cut sugarcane and sell them right on the roadside. Enjoying the freshly cut purple sugarcane with deep sweet flavor, visitors will feel very different from eating sugarcane in other places. More interestingly, in the winter, the shopkeepers light a fire and put sugar cane on the grill. The sweetness of sugarcane combined with the aroma and warmth will definitely leave an indelible aftertaste in the hearts of visitors.

Sugarcane marinated with pomelo flowers is delicious and delicate

 (Photo: danviet.vn)

 According to local people, purple sugarcane was planted in Hoa Binh 40-50 years ago, and now, Hoa Binh is considered the largest area of purple sugarcane in the North. Thanks to the delicious sugarcane variety combined with suitable natural and soil conditions, purple sugarcane in Hoa Binh is large, long, with a soft, sweet taste and a characteristic aroma. In 2019, "Hoa Binh Purple Sugarcane" was exported to Japanese market – a market that requires very strict standards. Nowadays, local people are more and more aware of cultivation complying with standards, procedures and good sugarcane varieties preservation so that "purple sugarcane" become a "product", a typical "brand" of Hoa Binh province. 

On cold winter days, traveling with friends on the roads, looking at vast sugarcane fields, then stopping somewhere along the road at a small shop to enjoy fragrant sweet sugar cane and talking with local sellers are interesting experiences in Hoa Binh land. Don't forget to buy some as gifts for your loved ones.

On cold winter days, traveling with friends on the roads, looking at vast sugarcane fields, then stopping somewhere along the road at a small shop to enjoy fragrant sweet sugar cane and talking with local sellers are interesting experiences in Hoa Binh land. Don't forget to buy some as gifts for your loved ones.

 A shop selling purple sugarcane in Hoa Binh 

(Photo: thanhtra.com.vn)

 Lam Chau