Halong Bay was added to Unesco's World Heritage List in 1994 Brief description by UNESCO: "Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, includes some 1600 islands and islets forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and unaffected by man. The exceptional esthetic

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