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Hạ Long Bay or Halong Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long, IPA: [vînˀ hâːˀ lawŋm] ⓘ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả city, and is a part of Vân Đồn district.
Hạ Long at sunset. Quảng Ninh's climate is symbolic of the climate of North Vietnam; featuring all four seasons. In summer, it is hot, humid and rainy, while monsoons flourish. The average annual temperature recorded is 22.9 °C. In winter, it is cold (between 1 and 3 °C), dry, and sees little rainfall (between 150 mm and 400 mm).
It, along with the eastern part known colloquially as Hòn Gai, together make up the city of Hạ Long. [2] Known as the city's "tourism zone", many hotels, beach resorts and other tourism hotspots are located within Bãi Cháy. [3] The ward was linked to Hòn Gai via a ferry line until the inauguration of the Bãi Cháy Bridge in 2006. [4]
There’s also an à la carte or Asian breakfast and friendly staff at the accommodation ideal for a stopover in Cat Ba on a boat tour of Hạ Long Bay. Read more: Vietnam travel guide 4.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Being a coastal city, Hạ Long bears unique potentials of tourism and seaport due to its land lies along the shore of Hạ Long Bay by 50 km. Hạ Long is 160 km to the north-east from Hà Nội, 60 km to the East from Hải Phòng, 180 km to the south-west from Móng Cái international border gate, and bounded by the Gulf of Tonkin to the ...
[a] [b] The Central Sector of Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long was inscribed in 2010, coinciding with the Millennial Anniversary of the Thăng Long capital. [5] The most recent site added was Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex in 2016, the first mixed site in Southeast Asia. [6] After being recognized, the sites became popular tourist attractions.
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