Halong Bay Natural World Heritage

Halong Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, is part of the west coast Gulf of Tonkin, covers the waters of Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don island district. Southwestern borders Cat Ba Island Bay, inland to the west coastline of 120 km, is limited to the coordinates from 58 in 1060 ‘- 1070 22′ east longitude and 200 45 ‘- 200 50′ latitude north, with a total area of ​​1553 km2, including 1969 islands, of which 989 islands and 980 named islands not named.

Island in Ha Long bay there are two types of limestone and schist islands, concentrated in two main areas to the southeast area of Bai Tu Long Bay and southwestern areas of Ha Long Bay. This is the oldest image of the terrain tectonic age from 250 to 280 million years, as a result of the campaign raised, lowered several times from the mainland into the sea basin. Caxto corrosion process, weathered almost completely Ha Long created a unique world. In one area is not large, with thousands of islands like shape, looks different as the sparkling jewel flange is attached to the blue veil of her girls. Densely concentrated zone of stone islands with spectacular scenery and many beautiful caves known as the center Natural Heritage Halong Bay, Halong Bay and includes part of Bai Tu Long.

World Heritage Area is recognized as 434 km2 area includes 775 islands, such as a triangle with three vertices is the island of Dau Go (west), Ba Ham Lake (south) and Cong Tay Island (east) . Area next to the buffer areas and national monuments and landscapes are the rankings of Culture and Information in 1962.

Looking down from above, Ha Long Bay as a huge picture of hydraulic wear extremely lively. They are beautiful art works, the flowers of creation, processing thousands of natural islands other senseless silence becomes the sculpture, painting with all our flawless appearance, charm, just very familiar just as alien to man. Thousands of islands bobbing on the waves of shimmering, both boast spectacular but also very soft and graceful and lively. Take the Ha Long with thousands of islands, we thought lost in a fairy world were to stone. The island is like someone is looking to land – The First Island; island is like a dragon hovering above the water – Hon Rong: island is like a old man sitting fishing – Hon La Vong and the other two beefy brown sails are turning out to sea waves – Hon sail and two chicken lovingly playing together on the waves – Halong: standing among a vast sea of giant incense burners as an object sacrifice heaven and earth – Hon Lu Huong … All are very real, real amazing. These wonderful islands was of incalculable variables over time and perspective. At this point we realized that all of them are not the quiet island of ignorance that such a spirit and are life.

Hidden in the heart of the islands was beautiful caves such as Thien Cung, Dau Go cave, Sung Sot, the Virgin Grotto, the Tam Cung … It really is the castle of the place of earthly creation. From time immemorial, Ha Long has been great poet Nguyen Trai people known as “public land between the high heavens.” How marked as guests from all over the world arrive here feel stunned by the beauty of the wonders of Ha Long, they seemed to feel confused and helpless because capital is not enough to describe the beauty of Ha Long.

Halong Bay is also attached to the glorious history, the heroic peoples of Vietnam and the famous as Van Don – where ancient bustling commercial port in the 12th century: a calendar Bai Tho Mountain history: not far Bach Dang river – is evidence of two illustrious naval battle of generations of ancestors against invaders. Not only that, Ha Long is one of the cradles of human beings with the glorious Halong culture Late Neolithic period in the archaeological sites known as Dong Mang, Red Earth, Soi Nhu, Thoi Gieng..

Ha Long is also the focus of high biodiversity with typical ecosystems such as mangrove ecosystems, coral reef ecosystems, ecosystem components farming, ecology of tropical forests … With thousands of plants and animals are abundant and diverse as shrimp, fish, squid … There are particularly rare species found only in this place.

With such special values​​, on 17/12/1994, in the 18th session of the Council of the UNESCO World Heritage held in Thailand, Ha Long Bay was officially recognized as a Natural Heritage the world. In 2000, Ha Long Bay is the second UNESCO World Heritage by the value of geology and geomorphology. This confirms the value of global Premier of Ha Long Bay