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Community Projects

Footprint strives to be a major player in environmental protection, sustainability and community-based tourism development in Vietnam. We believe that our experience and knowledge is a invaluable asset to those NGO's (both national and international) that seek to preserve the environment and reduce poverty with tourism. Thus, we are quick to jump on board and share the responsibility and become an example for others to follow.

A. Our projects and involvement

1. Responsible Travel Club
Footprint believed that we could not make it successful by doing just within us, our own capacity, so from 2008, Footprint has called the attention of other tour operators in the North of Vietnam to form the club for responsible travel, by doing so, we all can have much bigger and more positive impacts on environment, culture and the local communities' economy. Please visit our website for more information (www.rtcvietnam.org)

Status: Active and using for our operations.

2. Community Based Tourism in Chieng Yen communue (Son La province)
Together with RTC and with the technical support from the Dutch Development Organization (SNV), we have supported 3 local villages Na Bai, Pu Mau 1, Pu Mau 2 on their community based tourism initiatives.

Status: Done, now using on our product.

3. Community Based Ecotourism in Ngoc Son - Ngo Luong Nature Reserve (Hoa Binh)
This project is funded by Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) and Foundation for Social Promotion of Culture Spain (FPSC). Footprint's role is to make the proposal for community based ecotourism in Ngoc Son Ngo Luong and to partly implement the project like training the locals on homestay, guiding, etc...

Status: Done, now using on our product.

4. Community Based Tourism in Quan Ba - Ha Giang 
Footprint is so proud to be again chosen as the local tour operator supporting the second phase of the CBT in Quan Ba district, Ha Giang province. More information about this is being updated, please come back later.

Status: Done, now using on our product.
 

5. CIDA Community Based Tourism in Ta Phin, Sapa - Lao Cai 
We've been involve in the community based tourism in this village of Ta Phin for over 9 years now, see more at http://taphin-sapa.info; http://cbtvietnam.com 

Status: Done, now using on our product.

6. CIDA Community Based Tourism in Lao Chai, Sapa – Lao Cai
The latest project has aimed to provide training regarding homestay, cooking, tour guide and so on in the Hmong community of Lao Chai.

Status: Done, now using on our product - The Hmong’s Panorama

B. We Give Back
The small things you do make a big difference. In the recent past Footprint has been involved in volunteer and charitable efforts that have produced some pretty amazing things that we are very proud of. Here are the fruits of some of those efforts:

  • Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project, Hai Phong

  • ​Ta Phin Cultural Tourism Village, Sapa - Lao Cai

  • Lao Chai Cultural Tourism Village, Sapa – Lao Cai

  • Cuc Phuong Primate Rescue Center, Ninh Binh

  • Koto Training Center for Disadvantaged Youth, Hanoi

  • ​Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for the Blind Fund, Hanoi