Titles of Ha Long bay

Ha Long bay has a terrain of islands mixed with lagoons, mangrove intertidal areas and steep limestone islands. Islands are mainly limestone islands (over 90%) with different heights (from 50 to 200 m).

“Ha Long” means "Descending Dragon". Prior to the 19th century, this name had not been recorded in any documents or archives. It was known as Giao Chau, Luc Thuy, An Bang, An Quang, Hai Dong, Hoa Phong, Nghieu Phong, etc.

Ha Long bay is located in the Northeast of Vietnam, in Quang Ninh province

With outstanding values of landscape, geology-geomorphology, the richness and abundance of ecology, culture-history, Ha Long bayhas favorable conditions to develop tourism. Currently, there are many types of tourism: