Sea bathing

Coming to Ha Long in sunny and hot summer days, you can hardly refuse “the invitation” of sandy beaches with sea waves to submerge into the clear emerald water of Ha Long.

Titles of Ha Long bay

Titles of Ha Long bay

High speed boats

How to get to Ha Long

Ha Long city has a convenient location in terms of roads, waterways, and airways. It is easy to choose a means to get to this beautiful coastal city, please refer to some information below:

Natural conditions

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).

The origin of the name

“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.

Geographical location

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

Visiting time

• Visiting time at tourist Attractions

Potentials of Ha Long bay

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: