A look into beautiful Vietnam's Halong Bay

Halong Bay is a declared UNESCO World heritage of Vietnam, with an archipelago composed of more than 3000 islands of all shapes and forms, with characteristic limestone cliffs covered in green vegetation, protruding from the ocean’s surface.

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Ha Long Bay is one of the leading tourist sites in Vietnam. It has been recently listed as one of the 50 most beautiful natural wonders in the world, according to the US-based news website Insider.

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Ha Long Bay Sung Sot cave means Surprising or Amazing Cave. It is on Bo Hon Island and is one of the most spectacular and largest caves of Ha Long Bay. The cave is famous for its stunning limestone mountains rising from emerald waters that took shape for thousands of years.

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Trong Mai Islet (rock of 'the kissing cocks') is a famous islet on the bay. It has become a symbol of Ha Long Bay and Vietnam's tourism. Trong Mai Islet is located at the southwestern Ha Long Bay, about 5 kilometres from Bai Chay tourist wharf.

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The Bay’s geological value is evaluated in two ways including by the history of its formation and its karst geomorphology. It is also home to the ancient Viet people about 7,000 to 18,000 years ago. Bio-diversity is an all important natural resource, to be well-conserved so as to maintain the ecological balance of the whole region.

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Thanks to its inherent natural beauty, Ha Long Bay attracts tens of thousands of domestic and overseas visitors each year.

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In addition to the spectacular cave system, visitors are attracted by thousands of islands of diverse shapes. Of the nearly 2,000 islands in the bay, about 980 have been named by local people based on their shapes. While exploring the bay, visitors will feel lost in a legendary world of stone islands where shapes change depending on the angle and the light.

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The travel magazine The Travel has listed Ha Long Bay among the ten must-visit epic and adventurous places in Southeast Asia.

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In Ha Long Bat, tourists may enjoy the destination by diving and snorkeling, renting a canoe, or simply relaxing on the upper deck of their boat tour with a beverage in hand.