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Hạ Long Bay or Halong Bay ( Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long, IPA: [vînˀ hâːˀ lawŋm] ⓘ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả city, and is a part of Vân Đồn district.
Opened. December 2, 2006. Location. The Bãi Cháy Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Bãi Cháy) is a cable-stayed bridge on Highway 18, connecting Hồng Gai with Bãi Cháy over the Cửa Lục straits, separating Cửa Lục Bay with Hạ Long Bay, on the territory of Hạ Long city, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. It is the first, and at the time ...
The province also borders Lạng Sơn, Bắc Giang and Hải Dương provinces to the west, and the city of Hải Phòng to the south. The coastal line is 250 km. The total area of Quảng Ninh is 8,239.243 km 2, of which 5,938 km 2 is mainland. The area of islands, bays and sea is a tremendous 2,448.853 km 2. The total area of the islands is ...
210/km 2 (550/sq mi) • Urban. 66,434. Climate. Cwa. Móng Cái ( listen ⓘ) ( Chinese: 芒街市) is a city of Quảng Ninh Province in northern Vietnam. Located on China–Vietnam border, it sits on the southern bank of Beilun River across Dongxing city of China's Guangxi Autonomous Region. It has a population of about 108,553 in 2019. [1]
Quảng Bình ( Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ ʔɓïŋ˨˩] ⓘ) is a southern coastal province in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Hà Tĩnh to the north, Quảng Trị to the south, Khammouane of Laos to the west and the East Sea ( Gulf of Tonkin) to the east. Quảng Bình was formerly Tiên Bình under the reign ...
Nguyễn Lương Bằng (2 April 1904 – 20 July 1979) [1] was a Vietnamese revolutionary activist and politician. He held the post as Vice President of Vietnam from 1969 to 1979 ( North Vietnam until 1976), and General Director of Vietnam National Bank. [2] He was North Vietnam's first ambassador in the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1956 and the ...
Bãi Cháy is a ward in Vietnam. It, along with the eastern part known colloquially as Hòn Gai, together make up the city of Hạ Long. [2] Known as the city's "tourism zone", many hotels, beach resorts and other tourism hotspots are located within Bãi Cháy. [3] The ward was linked to Hòn Gai via a ferry line until the inauguration of the ...
Bạch Long Vĩ island is located in the Gulf of Tonkin, about halfway between Haiphong and Hainan Island ().The island is an offshore district of Haiphong city. Fishing comprises the majority of economic activity in the Gulf of Tonkin, and Bạch Long Vĩ is a major nursery and harvesting area for fish eggs.