Halong Bay

Halong Bay (bay where the dragon landed) is a small bay on the west coast of the Gulf of Tonkin in the North East Coast of Vietnam, including the island waters of Ha Long City, Cam Pha City and part of the island district. Van Don of Quang Ninh province.

It is the center of a large area of ​​geological, landscape, landscape, climate and cultural similarity, with the northeastern Bai Tu Long Bay and the Cat Ba archipelago in the southwest, Halong Bay is limited to an area of ​​1,553 km² including 1,969 large and small islands, most of which are limestone islands, of which the core of the Gulf has an area of ​​335 km², which is densely packed with 775 islands. The geological history of the limestone karst of the Gulf has been around 500 million years with very different geologic circumstances; And the full evolution of karst over 20 million years with a combination of thick limestone, hot, humid climates, and a slow overgrowth of tectonic processes . The combination of environment, climate, geology and geomorphology has made Ha Long Bay a convergence of biodiversity including tropical evergreen tropical rainforest ecosystems and marine and coastal ecosystems. Shore with many ecosystems . 14 endemic plant species and about 60 endemic animal species have been discovered among thousands of flora and fauna populations in the Gulf.

The results of research, archaeological and cultural studies show that the presence of prehistoric prehistoric inhabitants in the Ha Long Bay region from the very early days, created successive ancient cultural forms including The Soi Nhu culture was around 18,000-7,000 BC, Cai Beo culture in 7,000-5,000 BC and Ha Long culture around 3,500-5,000 years ago. The process of building the country and traditions of water retention of the Vietnamese nation, during the course of history, also affirmed the position of money and cultural position of Ha Long Bay through the place where the name associated with the famous. Handed down to date, such as Bai Tho Mountain, Dau Go Cave, Bai Chay , etc. At present, Ha Long Bay is a dynamic development area thanks to the conditions and advantages available such as great potential in tourism, scientific research, aquaculture, fishing, navigation With the North East Vietnam Sea in particular and North Vietnam in general .

From more than 500 years ago in the poem "Van Don", Nguyen Trai has first hailed Ha Long Bay as "a stone wonder in the midst of heaven". In 1962, the Ministry of Culture and Information (Ha Noi) ranked Halong Bay as a national-level monument and a protection zone . In 1994, the core zone of Ha Long Bay was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site with aesthetic value (vii), and was re-recognized for the second time with exceptional global geo-geological value. Invention (viii) in 2000 . Along with Nha Trang Bay and Lang Co Bay of Vietnam, Ha Long Bay is one of 29 bays ranked by the World's Most Beautiful Bays Club and officially recognized in July 2003.

Halong Bay along with Cat Ba Island make up one of the first 21 national tourist resorts in Vietnam. In 2015, the Department of Cultural Heritage announced the number of visitors to Ha Long Bay is over 2.5 million visitors.