HaLong Bay - Introduce

Ha Long Bay (Gulf countries where the dragon landed on) is a small bay on the west coast of Tonkin Gulf in the North South Sea of Vietnam, including the island seas of Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of the Van Don island district.

As the center of a large area there are many similar factors in geology, geomorphology, landscape, climate and culture with Bai Tu Long bay (northeast) and Cat Ba Island (southwest ), Ha Long Bay restricted area of ​​1.553km ² including 1,960 islands, mostly limestone islands, of which the core zone of the Gulf has an area of ​​334km ² to focus 775 clustered dense island . Tectonic history of the Bay limestone spent about 500 million years old geographical circumstances are very different; and karst evolution fully experienced over 20 million years with a combination of factors such as thick limestone floors, hot and humid climate and tectonic processes slowly improving overall. The combination of environment, climate, geology, geomorphology, Ha Long Bay has made to become clustered biodiversity of forest ecosystems, including closed moist tropical evergreen rain and marine and coastal ecosystems coast with little ecosystem. 14th endemic plant species and about 60 endemic species of animals have been discovered thousands of plant and animal populations residing in the Gulf.

The results of research, archaeological exploration and close cultural studies showed the presence of prehistoric populations on Halong Bay from quite early, had created the form of ancient culture, including another serial Soi Nhu culture within 18000-7000 BC, Cai Beo culture in 7000-5000 BC and the Ha Long culture today between 3500-5000 years. The process of national construction and defense of the traditional people of Vietnam, during the course of history, also confirmed the location and position the front end of the Ha Long culture through these sites, the name associated with the area also handed down to date, as Bai Tho Mountain, Dau Go Cave, Bai Chay etc. Currently, Halong Bay is a dynamic regional development through the conditions and advantages available as a big potential in tourism, scientific research, farming, fishing, transportation for Sea region in particular and North Vietnam North Vietnam in general.

From more than 500 years ago in the poem enter Lo Van Don, Nguyen Trai was first praised Ha Long Bay as "Wonders of the cliff between high heaven." In 1962 the Ministry of Culture and Information of Vietnam, Ha Long Bay has ranked as monuments scenic national level while protecting regional planning. In 1994 the core of the Ha Long Bay was recognized as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage with aesthetic value (criterion vii), and was reconfirmed at No. 2 with exceptional value global-local geology appearance (criteria viii) in 2000. Together with Vietnam's Nha Trang, Halong is one of 29 Bay Club was the most beautiful bays in the world ranking and official recognition in July 2003. Bay

Ha Long Bay Cat Ba island, along with forming one of 21 national tourist Vietnam