About 1,700 tourists, 85% of whom are Japanese, aboard a chartered cruise ship are scheduled to visit Ha Long in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 30.

However, a number of threats to the World Heritage site remain, including: Littering - beaches, visitor paths and walkways are strewn with litter as is the surface of the Bay; Fishing - This ... plans ...

Ha Long Bay, in the Gulf of Tonkin, includes some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are ...