Environment Corner

They have moved some floating villages to the main land. Besides Ha Long bay Management, the Management of Cat Ba bay (Lan Ha bay and other small bays around) was set up. We have been working with, persuading and consulting them how to keep the bays clean and protect the natural beauty. Thanks to this, the garbage bins are put in front of floating houses. A team is paid to collect from those bins. A full small boat of rubbish is collected every day. Let’s imagine if this amount is thrown to the ...

Tourism has so far brought great benefits to the economy, but it has also contributed to environmental degradation, especially biodiversity deterioration. Thus, the concept of “sustainable development” - development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - must be factored into tourism development. This consideration is reflected in the term “ecotourism,” which is referred to variously as ecological or environmental tou...