Heritage Discovery

Visiting Yen Tu offers more than just a religious journey; it is an opportunity to explore pristine and majestic landscapes while gaining a deeper understanding of Vietnamese Buddhism and culture.

The legends and majestic beauty of the sacred Yen Tu Mountain have been honoured by La Figaro newspaper (France) in an article titled "Voyage au long cours: Yen Tu, l'âme du Vietnam éternel" (Long-distance journey: Yen Tu, the eternal soul of Vietnam), published on May 6.

Ba Hang village is well known as an amazing area on Ha Long Bay. It has now become an ideal place for kayaking to discover the natural beauty of Quang Ninh province.

The gulf of Ha has long been known as a "heaven" in the heart of the world heritage site of Ha Long Bay.

The Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee has approved the outline and general missions of the project to compile the nomination dossier of the Special National Relic status for the ancient port of Van Don in Van Don district.

Thanks to special and unique values, the Ha Long Bay world natural heritage site is a magnet attracting millions of both domestic and international visitor arrivals every year. In order to build the tourism trademark for Ha Long in particular and Quang Ninh in general in a sustainable and world-class orientation, Ha Long City has undertaken a series of new measures, including making planning of aquaculture farming outside the core zone of the bay.

In order to preserve and promote the values of Ha Long Bay, over the last years, Quang Ninh has paid special attention to and invested in environmental protection, making an important contribution to shifting from brown to green growth in the province.

Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee organized a meeting regarding developing the services of high-speed boats, boat rowing, and kayaking on Ha Long Bay. Quang Ninh's Vice-chairman, Bui Van Khang, chaired the meeting.

Van Don District's people are preparing for the main harvest of turgid venus. In order to ensure the productivity and the quality, cultivators follow specific principles during the process of harvesting.

Ha Long Bay world heritage site is defined as a motivation for tourism development in Ha Long in particular and Quang Ninh in general. Therefore, the preservation and promotion of Ha Long Bay's values have been given priority over the last years.

With a variety of tourism products, entertainment centers, and first-class resorts, Quang Ninh has been advertising itself as an appealing destination with services that tourists should try once in a lifetime.

If you love sea and island tourism, coming to Quang Ninh province, you can't miss a chance to enjoy outstanding beauty of geology and geomorphology with unique experiences on Ha Long Bay or explore a charming and enchanting Bai Tu Long Bay.

Besides landscape values, fishing village culture created by fishermen for many generations is being preserved and promoted into unique tourism products, adorning amazing destinations on Ha Long Bay.

Covering a large space on Ha Long Bay, Cap Tao – Van Boi area has untouched beauty.

More than 300 fishing households living in the core area of the World Natural Heritage Ha Long Bay moved ashore for settlement since 2014. However, these fishermen are still actively contributing to community-based tourism on Ha Long Bay with special products that attract a great number of tourists.

Ha Long Bay is bestowed by the nature with a museum of biodiversity and typical ecosystems of tropical sea. These factors have made outstanding values in terms of both natural landscape and geomorphology for Ha Long Bay – the world natural heritage site which have been twice recognized by UNESCO. Preserving and promoting biodiversity is regarded as the most effective way to protect the heritage and ensure sustainable tourism development.

Ha Long Bay is not only well-known for its beauty but also its unique cultural space in which natural landscape combines with traces of indigenous people' lives over the centuries. This is great potential for sustainable development of Ha Long Bay tourism.

Recently, US-based travel magazine Insider has voted 50 most beautiful natural wonders in the world, including Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh, Vietnam