QUANGNINH (VNS) - Designed as a world heritage site by UNESCO 20 years ago, Ha Long Bay is one of the tourist attractions of Vietnam's most famous.
Accreditation will be granted in 2000, and a year later, Bay outranked 261 other sites around the world to become one of the new seven natural wonders of the world.
Since then, Ha Long Bay has welcomed nearly 25 million visitors, Quang Ninh turned into a tourist attraction.
Located 165km from Hanoi, Halong Bay covers an area of 43,400ha, of which more than 1,600 islands, most of them uninhabited.
UNESCO describes the bay as a "spectacular seascape of limestone pillars" and an "ideal model of a mature karst landscape development in a tropical climate is warm and humid."
Halong Bay Visitors can enjoy the beach at Ti Top Island, explore Surprise Cave, and challenge themselves with water sports. They can take a tour of one or two nights to sleep on the boat on the water and squid fishing at night.
A seaplane service launched last month offers a new way to experience Halong Bay. Fly through the sea, visitors can see the island from 150 to 3000 meters altitude, it was a new experience for them.
Vietnam News presents a series of photographs describe the beauty of Halong Bay.
A view of Halong Bay from the sky.
Thousands of islands and islets rising from the sea.
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