Location of Halong Bay-Vietnam

  Hạ Long Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, from E106°56′ to E107°37′ and from N20°43′ to N21°09′.  The bay stretches from Yên Hưng district, past Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả town to Vân Đồn district, bordered on the south and southeast by the Gulf of Tomkin, on the north by China, and on the west and southwest by Cát...

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Etymology of Halong History

  According to local legend, when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. This family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders. The...

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Climate in Halong Bay

  The climate of the bay is tropical, wet, sea islands, with two seasons: hot and moist summer, and, dry and cold winter. The average temperature is from 15°C- 25°C, and annual rainfall is between 2000mm and 2200mm. Hạ Long Bay has the typical diurnal tide system (tide amplitude ranges from 3.5-4m)....

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Halong Old Culture

  Located in Hạ Long and Bái Tử Long are archaeological sites such as Mê Cung and Thiên Long. There are remains from mounds of mountain shellfish (Christophorus), spring shellfish (Melania), some fresh water mollusk and some rudimentary labor tools. The main way of life of Soi Nhụ’s inhabitants included catching fish and...

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Halong system of islets and caves

  The bay consists of a dense cluster of over 3,000 limestone monolithic islands (although locals claim there are only 1,969 as this is the year of Ho Chi Minh’s death), each topped with thick jungle vegetation, rising spectacularly from the ocean. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves. Hang Đầu Gỗ (Wooden...

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Halong Geology and geomorphology

  The Kissing Cocks According to scientists, Hạ Long Bay has experienced at least 500 million years in various geological states of ontogeny, marine transgression and marine regression. During the Ordovician and Silurian periods (500-410 million years ago), Hạ Long Bay was deep sea. During the Carboniferous...

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Inhabitants and Awards and designations in Halong

In 1962, the Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism designated Hạ Long Bay a ‘Renowned National Landscape Monument’.   A community of around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay in four fishing villages: Cửa Vạn, Ba Hang, Cống Tàu and Vông Viêng in Hùng Thắng commune, Hạ Long city. They live on floating houses and are sustained...

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Ngoc Vung Beach in Quang Ninh

Ngoc Vung Island and beach is located 34km from the tourist boat wharf in Van Don District of the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. Stretching over an area of 12 km2, the island is home to many beautiful beaches, the 182 m high Van Xuan Mountain and the relics of Ha Long ancient culture with an area of 45,000 m2. Ngoc Vung...

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