Even in a country with the diversity of Vietnam, the spectacular seascape at Ha Long Bay can stun the most powerful into humility. This UNESCO World Heritage site is in northeastern Vietnam’s Gulf of ...

The Committee at its nineteenth session (Berlin, 1995) noted potential threats to the integrity of this Site due to the proposed development of a new port, and the proposal to issue a license for the ...

Instead of flying to Vietnam and traveling to Ha Long Bay by conventional routes, visitors now have a distinctive and scenic option: arriving via the Ha Long International Cruise Port. Officially ...

The sun was yet to rise above the limestone karst cliffs that jutted up like thousands of islands on these waters. In the dim light of dawn, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine these pinnacles as the ...

A tourist boat carrying 53 people capsized during a violent storm in Vietnam Saturday, killing at least 34, including children, and leaving eight others missing in the chaos, according to reports. The ...

The boat, carrying 46 passengers and three crew members, was on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay when a sudden storm caused it to overturn, state media said. Ten people were rescued. By Tung Ngo and ...

HANOI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - UNESCO will deploy a team of experts to assess possible risks for the conservation of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam as it is worried about development projects that may threaten the ...

Squinting in the bright light of a hot summer morning, Vu Thi Thinh perches on the edge of her small wooden boat and plucks a polystyrene block from the calm waters of Vietnam's Ha Long Bay. It's not ...

At least 34 people are dead after a sudden thunderstorm caused a tourist boat to capsize in Vietnam on Saturday, according to local reports. The vessel, named Wonder Seas, was carrying 48 passengers ...

Dozens of people are dead after a tourist boat capsized during a storm in northeastern Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, according to state media reports, as rescue operations continued into the early hours ...

After a yearlong hiatus and a renovation, Hạ Long Bay has reopened under new ownership on the corner of Williamson and South Dickinson streets in the heart of Madison’s Marquette neighborhood. , who ...

The Bureau may wish to recall that at its twenty-first session (June 1997), it urged the Vietnam authorities to co-operate with the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) in designing and ...