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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.
The entry of Phong Nha Cave Phong Nha Cave. Phong Nha Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam.It is 7,729 metres long and contains 14 grottoes, as well as a 13,969 metre underground river.
Sơn Đoòng cave doline. During the 1990s, Hồ Khanh was living as a very poor man, trying to earn an honest living in Bố Trạch. During a jungle expedition to extract agarwood in 1991, Hồ Khanh reportedly discovered an enormous cave entrance, with a wide river flowing out of it. Without any rope or gear, Khanh did not venture further ...
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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 city is 50 km south of the World Heritage Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park which is ideal for cave and grotto exploration and biological research activities (mainly Phong Nha Cave and, from September 2010, Thiên Đường Cave and Sơn Đoòng Cave are available for visitors).
In 2019, Vietnam received 18 million international arrivals, up from 2.1 million in the year 2000. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is following a long-term plan to diversify the tourism industry, which brings foreign exchange into the country. [1] Tourist arrivals in Vietnam have continued to rise in recent years.