The film tells the story of Pu, a young Dao girl with dreams and ambitions, who is the pride of her village when she is admitted to a university in the city. However, her dream and desire to study to contribute to building her homeland is stopped by an arranged marriage due to debt. Panicked and frustrated, Pu runs away in the middle of the night. From here, the young girl's new and arduous journey begins.
Cao Bang appears majestic in the first episodes of "Walking in the Glorious Sky". The mountains and clouds create a backdrop for the radiant beauty of the Red Dao girl in her traditional costume. The image of the girl in her red embroidered black dress stands out among the lush green terraced fields, creating a beautiful picture of the life of the ethnic people.
Although the main actors are not famous names to guarantee viewership ratings, Di Giua Troi Ruc Ro unexpectedly caused a fever across Vietnamese social networking platforms.
The mountains and clouds create a backdrop for the radiant beauty of the Red Dao girl in traditional costume.
Director Do Thanh Son said: "The setting in Cao Bang is quite suitable for the film and exactly as I imagined when reading the script. The crew did not find it difficult but they were happy to be able to carry out the content that the director wanted."
What is special is that the first episodes of the film were filmed in Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province with majestic natural scenery, majestic mountains, and peace.
With a subtle perspective, the director has created ironic situations, putting characters in difficult choices, thereby creating a film rich in humanity. They have conflicts in the lives of the highland people, between preserving cultural identity and integrating with modern life.
Through picturesque footage of Cao Bang’s majestic landscape, the film is not only a work of art but also an effective tourism advertisement. Images of lush green terraced fields, clear streams, or traditional stilt houses appearing on the small screen will certainly stimulate curiosity and arouse the desire to explore of tourists.
The heroic landscape of Cao Bang is recreated in the film
Experts predict that the film will create a "tourism fever" in Cao Bang, as audiences are captivated by the beautiful landscapes and want to see them with their own eyes. This promises to contribute to changing the public's view of the land and its people.
In 2023, the Vietnam Film Promotion Association (VFDA) officially announced the Film Crew Attraction Index (PAI) with the aim of assessing the interest of provinces and cities, enhancing the attractiveness of each locality, opening the door to invite film crews to visit the lands of Vietnam. Recognizing the influence of communication activities, in recent years, the authorities and specialized agencies of Cao Bang province have paid attention and created maximum conditions according to PAI criteria to attract projects to be implemented in the locality. In addition, producers who grasp the strengths of the province's landscape and culture have proactively connected and built many projects in Cao Bang.
Experts predict that the film will create a "tourism fever" in Cao Bang.
Not only promoting tourism, but the culture of the Dao people is also recreated in the film.
Reality TV shows with the participation of famous artists, often broadcast on many social networking platforms attracting tens of millions of viewers and access, are an ideal environment to promote and boost destination image.
Cao Bang was also chosen as the location to film the program "2 days 1 night", the program has the participation of famous artists, to promote the beautiful scenery, culture, cuisine of Cao Bang through the games and challenges that the program has for artists - guests. Right from the time the crew filmed in Cao Bang, it created a wave of movement of domestic tourists, capturing the location where the crew filmed, tourists went to that location to see and meet the artists. When the program aired, it attracted a large number of views, accordingly the beautiful, majestic image of the destination Cao Bang was spread strongly around the world.
Cao Bang is attractive and has become a film studio and backdrop for many successful projects. It can be said that movies, music videos or reality TV shows will become effective “ambassadors” of Cao Bang tourism, bringing the attractive image of the destination to reach out to the domestic and international markets.
