A seminar was held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1 to find out ways to win more votes for Ha Long Bay to be recognized as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World
The seminar witnessed the huge participation of number of foreign diplomatic staff including ambassadors and counselors in
An official from the Foreign Ministry suggested the spread of information and promotion of the image of Ha Long Bay at major sport and music events, or on social networks, like facebook, twisters and youtube, and mobile phone systems can help to encourage people, specially students and public employees, to vote for Ha Long Bay.
The Deputy Director of Quang Ninh Television Station, Mai Vu Tuan, proposed increasing broadcasts of Ha Long Bay’s values on domestic radio and television programmes as well as on foreign radios and televisions, such as the
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The New Open World will announce the final list of the new 7 wonders of the world on November 11.
Hạ Long Bay (literally: "
Hạ Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets.[1] The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate.[2] The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem.[3] Hạ Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species[4] and 60 endemic faunal species.[5]
