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Formed in Carboniferous/Permian limestone, the main Sơn Đoòng cave passage is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume – 3.84 × 10 7 m 3 (1.36 × 10 9 cu ft), according to BCRA expedition leader Howard Limbert. It is more than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 200 metres (660 ft) high and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.
Sơn Đoòng Cave (in Vietnamese: Hang Sơn Đoòng, meaning Mountain River Cave) is a relatively recently discovered cave in the national park. Found by a local man and explored and publicly announced by the British cave scientists of the British Cave Research Association , it is regarded as the largest cave in the world.
Hang Én ('swift cave' in Vietnamese, named for the birds that nest in it [1]), occasionally referred to as Én cave in English, is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Én is the third largest cave in the world, after Hang Sơn Đoòng in the same national park, and Deer Cave in Malaysia.
The cave stretches back over 5 miles, complete with a river cutting through the stone. The Hand of Dog stalagmite stretches over 70 meters high and is thought to be the tallest in the world.
Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary: Quảng Nam: 1999 949; (ii), (iii) (cultural) Mỹ Sơn is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples, constructed between the 4th and the 13th century by the kings of Champa. The temples are dedicated to the worship of the Hindu divinity Shiva. The site reflects the spiritual and political life in the Champa ...
Châu Đốc is a city in An Giang Province, bordering Cambodia, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.As of 2019, the city had a population of 101,765, and cover an area of 105.29 square kilometres (40.65 sq mi).
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On December 26, 2009, Chu was named a deputy chair of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee. He served out one term before retiring from politics. [1] Chu was an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 16th and 17th Central Committees.