Ngoc Vung Island

Ngoc Vung, or Gem Island, is a pretty site sitting between the Net Islet and Phượng Hoàng (Phoenix) Island, in the Van Don District. From above, Ngoc Vung looks like a beautiful velvet handkerchief with exquisite white edgings; it seems to float on the water surface. On the east side of the island there is a kilometres-beach with pure white sand. At the centre is a luxuriant benjamin fig tree; it was under this tree that Hồ Chí Minh stood and conversed with the population in 1962 during a visit.

Formerly, under the feudal dynasties, this island zone contained a great quantity of rare and precious species of mother-of-pearls. At night, fluorescent pearls would light up the whole region. So there are several islands having name “Ngọc” such as Ngoc Vung (dazzling pearl), Minh Châu (Ngọc Châu)...

During the war against the US, the island belonged to a front of outward islands that served as protection for the eastern waterways. It is also on the beach that many stone artefacts were discovered in 1937, opening a string of excavations and archaeological research aiming at providing some explanations of the mysteries of the ancient Ha Long culture.

  Halong Bay Islands

• Cong Do Island
• Cong Tay Island
• Dau Be Island
• Ngoc Vung Island
• Dua Islet
• Mat Quy Islet
• Quan Lan Island

• The Vang Island
• Ti Top Island
• Ngon Tay Islet
• Oan Islet
• Reu Island
• Am Islet
• Ba Trai Dao Islet

• Yen Ngua Islet
• But Islet
• Cho Da Islet
• Con Coc Islet
• Dau Moi Islet
• Dau Nguoi Islet

• Bo Hon Island
• Trong Mai Islet
• Tuan Chau Island
• Xep Islet
• Soi Sim Islet
• Su Tu Bien Islet

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