Standing in a protected heritage landscape in the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam, the Garrya Mu Cang Chai resort features a main building that is believed to be the largest bamboo structure in the country.Part of the Singapore-based hospitality company Banyan Group, the resort is well worth the winding, six-hour drive from Hanoi to Pu Nhu Village, in Yen Bai province’s mountainous rural district of Mu Cang Chai.Mu Cang Chai’s layered rice terraces, sculpted over 400 years by generations of Hmong people, have long been recognised as one of Southeast Asia’s most remarkable landscapes. In 2007, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism designated this district a national heritage site.Yet until now, this terrain – located roughly 200km (125 miles) northwest of Hanoi – has remained largely the preserve of hardcore trekkers and seasonal photographers drawn by the changing colour of the harvest.The lobby area of Garrya Mu Cang Chai highlights the main resort building’s bamboo structure. Photo: Garrya Mu Cang ChaiThere is a particular kind of silence that descends when you rise above the clouds. In Yen Bai, located some 1,500 metres (4,900ft) above sea level, that calm is only interrupted by the sound of cicadas and the chirping of birds.