According to the elders, the original name of this village was “Nhự Quế”, which meant the fragrance of Cinnamon (in Vietnamese, it means “Quế”). At the beginning of the 18^th century, there was a king of the Nguyễn dynasty who was traveling on Đế Võng River and heard rumors that the village had many strange herbs, so he decided to visit and enjoy. He found that there was a vegetable which was fragrant like the Camellia flower (in Vietnamese, it means “Trà”) and spicy like Cinnamon (in Vietnamese, it means “Quế”), so he renamed Nhự Quế to Trà Quế. It has been named this for more than 300 years until now.  
In recent years, along with the tourism development of Hội An city, the reputation of Trà Quế Vegetable Village has been spread everywhere. Its agricultural products are available on the families’ rice trays, markets, supermarkets, luxury restaurants and hotels which are inside and outside the locality. Many travel companies have organized tours, including visiting vegetable village, farming with farmers, spending a day as a farmer, etc. which attract the attention of a large number of tourists.
 
After the preparation period, in September 2019, Hội An city officially approved the project “Developing community tourism in Trà Quế Vegetable Village” based on the consensus and cooperation of Trà Quế people. According to the project, on January 1^st, 2020, Hội An will hold the opening ceremony of Trà Quế Vegetable Village tourist attraction with many thorough preparations, such as decorating the village space, adding more experience activities and community activities for tourists, adding the historical and cultural relics in the tours and strengthening the management of activities in an environment-friendly way. On this occasion, the city will organize the event “Welcome the first tourist group to Hội An in 2020” at Trà Quế Vegetable Village.
 
Only VND 35.000/ticket, visitors will have great experiences about the vegetable planting process of Trà Quế people, visit the relics and enjoy basil seed drink which help you dispel all fatigues. Surely, this is an interesting tourist attraction during the trip to the peaceful and hospitable Hội An city.
 
* For further information, please contact: Hội An Office of Tourist Services
- Add.: 8 Hoàng Diệu st., Hội An city
- Tel.: (+84) 235.3915106 - Hotline: 0944871779
- Email: langrautraque.langnghe@gmail.com
- Website: www.hoianworldheritage.org.vn