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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.
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]
Hạ Long Bay–Cát Bà Archipelago: Quảng Ninh and Hải Phòng: 1994 [a] 672; (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) (natural) [a] Ha Long Bay features more than 1600 karst limestone pillars and isles in various shapes and sizes, developed in a warm and wet tropical climate. The limestone monolithic islands rise from the ocean, topped with thick jungle ...
The Bãi Cháy Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Bãi Cháy) is a cable-stayed bridge on Highway 18, connecting Hồng Gai with Bãi Cháy over the Cửa Lục straits, separating Cửa Lục Bay with Hạ Long Bay, on the territory of Hạ Long city, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. It is the first, and at the time of its inauguration, the longest ...
Covered by palm forests, Tuần Châu island has an area of 2.2 km 2 and to the east and south are two man-made beaches endowed with very white, fine sand. Nowadays, Tuần Châu Island is one of the most touristic destinations in Hạ Long.
Hạ Long (Vietnamese: [hâːˀ lawŋm] ⓘ | transl. 'descending dragon') is a first-class provincial city and the capital city of Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. It was found in 1993, when the old capital, Hòn Gai, was merged with Bãi Cháy , the main tourist area.
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Van Long landscsape. Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Gia Viễn District, along the Northeastern border of Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. The site is one of the few intact lowland inland wetlands remaining in the Red River Delta. Limestone karst is surrounded by the freshwater lake, marshes and swamps.