Enjoy “Ngan” - A kind of local seafood like clam near Bach Dang river.

“Ngán” is a kind of the local seafood like clam. However, it looks bigger than clam with white rough shell due to living under deep sand.
Ngan is a nutrient-rich food. Its meat is full of quality protit, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals needed for the body.

In its season, the fishermen often have to step deeply in sand in order to take it out. Even its name is Ngan- Meaning depress in english however it is not like its name, it is famous for a unique delicious food in Halong with good smell and rich nutrients.

Ngan is catched or purchased then put in clean water into a pot and place in a pot of rice water, or soak in warm water for 2-3 hours and then they release sand. From processing ducks can be delicious and nutritious dishes is processed into so many different dishes like boiled Ngan, grilled Ngan, Ngan salad, Ngan noodles ... Ngan is prepared in the way have different flavor but perhaps more impressed with Ngan wine.

After hitting and being washed, Ngan is opened and take a bowl to catch the water and meat sections. Ngan’s meat should be washed with the water main to not get bored and keep your blades fresh. Most people are tired of that wine is made simpler but only the indigenous people know how the new gourmet Ngan wine.

Shortly after the pre-processing clean drop brought directly into the glass and then buffing it with chopsticks for the secretion of bile Ngan, bored reaction with alcohol and water bluish color turns pink wine. This is how most delicious Ngan wine processing and commonly known as the bored folk pudding. An excellent wine fed to ensure indescribable smell fragrant and spicy taste of wine, taste sweet, honest bored of it swirled in a glass of Ngan wine.

Appetizers of customers are grinding if men drink more afraid of life, we can warm up before drinking alcohol.

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Explorer Cat Ba island

Cat Ba has many rocky islands jutting up from the sea harbor in its mysterious caves and becoming an attractive destination for tourists.Cat Ba Island has about 20 large and small caves stretching from Long Phu town to  Lan Ha Bay area. As commented by the majority of travelers to Cat Ba, the unique of this cave is located throughout the island, with its own hidden beauty and aesthetic value geologically blessed.

Like the miracle of nature, cave systems in Cat Ba is formed from limestone mountains, creating plenty of stalactites. Caves run mostly long and divided into many niches. From Cat Ba town center  about 15 minutes by car to come to Cat Ba National Park, at Khe commune; Visitors easily recognize the Military Medical is located along the road, halfway up the mountain. This can be considered a “masterpiece” of manmade general intangible that later became interesting tourist destination. At the time of the Vietnam War, this was built and designed to the hospital. In the heart, a hospital model was formed with over 100 wounded. 17 In addition to preventive and functional departments, within them, there are swimming pools, beaches and parks movies workout.
No less about beauty and glamour, Thien Long (Phu Long Commune) is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Cat Ba with 3 different textured floors. The area between the stalactites has a small flame to create a year -round water puddles cool. Besides the caves typically on Cat Ba owns some real potential for tourism development as the Gia Luan, Hoa Cuong or Luon cave, creating landscapes that system is not everywhere have been.

In recent years, tourism in Cat Ba becomes increasingly, attracted tourists and travel agents organize tours - Cave National Park Cat Ba. The cave system with eco tours, community and Vietnam Customs is practically contribute to overcoming the seasonality of Cat Ba tourism. On the other hand, they are diversified tourism product, “rewind “the true cave tour is the highlight, difference of sea travel, Cat Ba island that tourists love, especially visitors from the countries west. Travel the caves as well as a supplement to Cat Ba tourism brand with the value of the world biosphere reserve, national park, Lan Ha Bay and hundreds of systems throughout the sandy beach in Cat Ba.

(Source: Gray Line Halong)

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Wellcome to CoTo island

Located in the calm waters, Co To archipelago almost never has had storms, even when heavy storms swept through the East Sea.

With ideal conditions such terrain but Co To still is unfamiliar to the majority of visitors. So far Coto had been limited in places which famous for catching and processing jellyfish. Do not have the large boats to offshore fishing; there are rich fishing grounds and marine life of the people on the island still poor. In recent years, Co To attracts young backpacker spontaneously by the beach clean and pure as jade green sea.


Of the more than 50 large and small islands of Co To archipelago, only in the large Co To Island, island Tran, Thanh Lan Island ... new inhabitants, and the rest of the border guard units and a number of establishment’s cultured pearls. Do not have fleets island tourism, travelers traveling from island to island to rent fishing boats, buy food, drinks ... the journey.

Want to stay a few days on the island, visitors will be hard to find for overnight room, vehicles and would not dream cup seafood delight. Despite these difficulties, the people “Donate “Co is the ideal place for waving in the cool water, camping on deserted beaches and to try adventure through the game.


Mouse Nose is also a best choice for mountain climbing activities, risky with 70m high cliff slid straight undulating waters overtopping the rock, or the type of organization triathlon sports ( rock climbing - Rowing kayaking - mountain bike racing ). Same is sand and rock bands piling on more, how large grass than 40 minutes by motor boat, a great destination of camping with natural rock formation thousands of thousands of colors. But as well as the island of Con Co, on not more Where do you find fresh water, residents living there so the group picnic out here often delight swimming and boarding large grass on the island, where to begin out several mini hotel and restaurant.

However, in order to promote Co To island, Co To island should be in the tourist map VN takes time and effort, Co prerequisite is to have the national grid ( as leader Quang Ninh has affirmed ), accompanied by the transformation of people 's awareness and local government: instead of using explosives for fishing reefs caused the destruction, even poisons cyanide to catch fish for years, fishermen will protect the beautiful islands for tourism, protecting what writer Nguyen Tuan was recorded by the pen in all great line up for Co To Island.

More info:

Every day, there is only one train from Cai Rong Island to Co To, starting at 7am; the fare is 70.000d/person. So you will have to stay in Cai Rong overnight to catch a boat to the island soon. At Cai Rong, there are many motels, hotels with Average price150.000 - 200.000d/room. To come to Co To, you can book a room at the guest house DPC beach or camping. If you like adventure, you can take the train to the Co island camping night on this deserted island. To travel on Co To Island, you can rent motorcycles at a cost of about 80.000d/motorbike. Co is also interesting tourist snorkeling with coral, seaweed and rare fish.

(Source: Halong bay trips)

Located in the calm waters, Co To archipelago almost never has had storms, even when heavy storms swept through the East Sea.

With ideal conditions such terrain but Co To still is unfamiliar to the majority of visitors. So far Coto had been limited in places which famous for catching and processing jellyfish. Do not have the large boats to offshore fishing; there are rich fishing grounds and marine life of the people on the island still poor. In recent years, Co To attracts young backpacker spontaneously by the beach clean and pure as jade green sea.

Of the more than 50 large and small islands of Co To archipelago, only in the large Co To Island, island Tran, Thanh Lan Island ... new inhabitants, and the rest of the border guard units and a number of establishment’s cultured pearls. Do not have fleets island tourism, travelers traveling from island to island to rent fishing boats, buy food, drinks ... the journey.

Want to stay a few days on the island, visitors will be hard to find for overnight room, vehicles and would not dream cup seafood delight. Despite these difficulties, the people “Donate “Co is the ideal place for waving in the cool water, camping on deserted beaches and to try adventure through the game.

Mouse Nose is also a best choice for mountain climbing activities, risky with 70m high cliff slid straight undulating waters overtopping the rock, or the type of organization triathlon sports ( rock climbing - Rowing kayaking - mountain bike racing ). Same is sand and rock bands piling on more, how large grass than 40 minutes by motor boat, a great destination of camping with natural rock formation thousands of thousands of colors. But as well as the island of Con Co, on not more Where do you find fresh water, residents living there so the group picnic out here often delight swimming and boarding large grass on the island, where to begin out several mini hotel and restaurant.

However, in order to promote Co To island, Co To island should be in the tourist map VN takes time and effort, Co prerequisite is to have the national grid ( as leader Quang Ninh has affirmed ), accompanied by the transformation of people 's awareness and local government: instead of using explosives for fishing reefs caused the destruction, even poisons cyanide to catch fish for years, fishermen will protect the beautiful islands for tourism, protecting what writer Nguyen Tuan was recorded by the pen in all great line up for Co To Island.

More info:

Every day, there is only one train from Cai Rong Island to Co To, starting at 7am; the fare is 70.000d/person. So you will have to stay in Cai Rong overnight to catch a boat to the island soon. At Cai Rong, there are many motels, hotels with Average price150.000 - 200.000d/room.

To come to Co To, you can book a room at the guest house DPC beach or camping. If you like adventure, you can take the train to the Co island camping night on this deserted island.

To travel on Co To Island, you can rent motorcycles at a cost of about 80.000d/motorbike. Co is also interesting tourist snorkeling with coral, seaweed and rare fish.
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