Halong Bay has a total area of 1553 km² with 1969 islands, of which 989 islands and 980 unnamed islands spread spread over a length of nearly 60 km, in the province of Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and Van Don district.
The reason for the name is Ha Long Bay, based on the ancient legend has it that: To help people fight against invaders, the Dragons hath sent from Heaven to Earth to stop the enemy from the sea. Dragons erupt all thousand rubies, pearls, stone turned into islands. This is where the Dragon down, hence its name Halong. Halong with emerald water, clouds silhouetted, shape mountains, fresh sea climate, there are many caves and more fanciful shapes of islands spectacular, interesting excursions to places most in Vietnam . Ministry of Culture and Information has paralyzed decision-class relic scenic national level for Halong bay from the first phase, dated 04.28.1962. On 12.17.1994, at the hotel Méridien Phuket City (Thailand) Council World Heritage (World Heritage Committee) during the 18th session, voted with a very high consensus, recognizing bay Halong is a world natural heritage, by "outstanding value and the global value of the cultural heritage and nature, need to be protected for the benefit of the whole world". On 11.29.2000, the Council of World Heritage in the 24th session in Cairns (Australia) recognized Ha Long Bay World Heritage site for the second time on value geology, geomorphology.
Location: Halong Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, is part of the western Gulf of Tonkin, includes the waters of Ha Long City, Cam Pha town and part of Van Don island district. Southwest borders Cat Ba Island, the west mainland with a coastline of 120 km, with a total area of 1553 Gulf km 2 consisting of 1969 islands, of which 989 islands and 980 named islands not named. The World Heritage area is recognized as an area of 434 km2, including 775 islands, such as a triangle with three vertices is the island Dau Go (west), Ba Ham Lake (south) and Cong Tay Island (east ).
Halong Bay is a unique heritage sites because it contains important remnants of the formation and development of Earth's history, the cradle of the ancient Vietnamese residents, as well as artwork great shaping of nature with the presence of thousands of rocky islands is multifaceted, with many interesting caves clustered into a vivid world has just mysterious.Besides, Halong Bay is also home to high biodiversity with typical eco-systems along with thousands of animal and plant species are abundant and diverse. It is also associated with cultural values - fascinating history of the nation.
Aesthetic value: Halong Bay features a system of stone islands and beautiful caves. Island in Ha Long Island has two types of limestone and schist islands, concentrated in two main areas was the southeast region Bai Tu Long Bay and southwestern part of Ha Long Bay. This is the oldest image of the terrain with tectonic age of 250 - 280 million years, is the result of the campaign raised, lowered several times from the sunken continent into the sea. The process of karst erosion and weathering almost completely Halong create a unique world.
Hundreds of stone islands, each island carried a different shape very lively: First Person Hon, Hon Rong Vong Hon, Hon sail, Hon Trong Mai, Hon Lu Huong ... Implicit in the rocky islands He was magnificent caves associated with many miraculous legends as Thien Cung, Dau Go, Sung Sot, Trinh Nu, Tam Cung ... It really is the castle of the Creator between bare place time.From time immemorial, Ha Long has been great poet Nguyen Trai ethnic dubbed the "Wonders of the land between the high heavens."
Value geological history: Halong Bay is assessed by two factors: tectonic history and geology and geomorphology. The basic features of the bay 1000 years is expanding Gulf sea encroachment, erosion of beaches by mangrove, more water in the Gulf, saltier and coral growth. The corrosion of the positive sea forming deep ngấn adds unique exotic beauty of karst stratum. Halong Bay is a result of geological evolutionary process lasting. Visitors to Ha Long Bay is not only to the wonders of the world, but also come with a precious geological museum outdoor conserved 300 million years. These caves are vivid evidence of the erosion of the sea level through geologic record. Geological environment of Ha Long Bay while the foundation incurred other values such as biodiversity, cultural and archaeological and other human values.
Halong Bay concentrate high biodiversity of ecosystems with tropical waters such as mangrove ecosystems, coral reef ecosystems, seagrass ecosystems, forest ecosystems and tropical plants especially Ang ecosystem characteristics.
Preliminary assessment far flora in the Gulf has around 347 species Halong, vascular plants belonging to 232 genera and 95 them. In total 347 known species, 16 species are listed in Vietnam's Red Book of endangered and soon was endangered. In rare plant species, 95 species of medicinal plants, 37 species of ornamental plants, 13 species of fruit trees and 10 groups with different usability.
The islands in Ha Long Bay with mollusk species diversity, especially the resident species in the gorge, and has 60 endemic species. Halong seafood and aquaculture operators include abalone, sea cucumber, devotees, shrimp, fish, cuttlefish (squid, cuttlefish, squid size), octopus, oysters, clams and pearl farming message ...
Halong Bay is a land in her the glorious pages, heroic people of Vietnam with the famous as Van Don - where busy trading port in the 12th century, Bai Tho Mountain history, and include the Bach Dang River - evidence of two formidable naval battle of generations of ancestors against invaders. Not only that, Ha Long is one of the cradles of human culture Halong glorious time in the Late Neolithic archaeological sites as Dong Mang famous, Red Earth, Soi Nhu, wells ...
On 12/17/1994, during the 18th session of the World Heritage Council of UNESCO held in Thailand, Halong Bay is officially recognized as a world natural heritage of outstanding value terms aesthetics, by the standards of the International Convention on the protection of natural and cultural world. On 02.12.2000, at the 24th Conference in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, the World Heritage Council has recognized Ha Long Bay World Heritage 2nd standard geological value geomorphology. Currently, Quang Ninh province is promoting UNESCO submissions Ha Long Bay World Heritage 3rd, based on the value of archeology and biodiversity in the Gulf.
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