Located 135 km southwest of hanoi in the northern of hoa binh province mai chau has a population of about 47 500 inhabitants that belong to different ethnic minority groups such as the white thai hmong zao muong tay hoa and viet the mai chau hill tribes are warm and welcoming and famous for their handicrafts in particular for their skills in embroidering clothes it is famous for lush green valleys stilt houses surrounding inhabited mainly by the white thai ethnic group and sunday ma