Bảo Ái commune · Thác Bà lake · Lào Cai

Rice from Bảo Ái, from the lakeside fields to your table

Plain rice and nếp Lếch glutinous rice grown, sun-dried and packed by the Nùng people of Bảo Ái, Lào Cai.

From the cooperative

Two rices, two tastes of home

Plain rice for everyday meals; nếp Lếch for festivals, Tết and traditional sticky rice dishes.

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Know where your rice comes from
Why Bảo Ái rice

Know where your rice comes from

  • Clear origin

    grown on the fields of Bảo Ái commune, Lào Cai.

  • Native variety

    nếp Lếch has been kept by the Nùng for generations.

  • 100% pure rice

    never blended.

  • From the cooperative

    bought, milled and packed by Bảo Ái Cooperative.

From field to table

Every bag passes through Nùng hands in Bảo Ái

  1. 01

    Harvest when ripe

    cut when the grain is properly ripe.

  2. 02

    Sun-dried by the stilt house

    paddy dried in the sun.

  3. 03

    Milled and packed

    at the cooperative.

  4. 04

    On your table

    delivered to your family.

The Nùng of Bảo Ái

Keeping our grandparents' nếp Lếch by Thác Bà lake

Nếp Lếch is the rice variety the Nùng of Bảo Ái are proudest of. The cooperative was founded to bring growing, purchasing, milling and packing together, so every bag keeps the taste of home.

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Keeping our grandparents' nếp Lếch by Thác Bà lake

Order rice from home for your family

Order online, message us on Zalo or call. The cooperative will call back to confirm and quote delivery.