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Tuan Chau Island
Ha Long bay one of the
World Heritages, comprises
thousands of big and small
islands. Each one has its
own characteristic with
various caves: Sung Sot
Cave,Thien Cung Cave, Trinh
Nu Cave. Tuan Chau Island is
the only soil island of all.
It is not only a place
having beautiful natural
surroundings: pine trees,
lakes, beautiful beach…but
also where President Ho Chi
Minh chose to be the relax
place of other State
officials' and his when they
came here in 1959.
On the total area of 400 ha,
Tuan Chau has the population
of 1500. As planned, the
total area of Tuan Chau will
be widen to 675 ha. It
enjoys the advantage of
having both road and river
transportations. It is about
18 km away from National
Highway No.1. This route is
an important blood vessel of
the robust Hanoi – Hai Phong
– Quang Ninh economic
triangle. It takes about 3
hours from Mong Cai ( 2
hours by boat) and 1 hour
from Hai Phong.
Tuan Chau island’s name is
the combination between
‘linh tuan’ (the patrolman)
and ‘tri chau’ (district
chief) because in the feudal
time, the royal army set up
a guard station here to
patrol and defend the
borderland. Prior to 1999,
the island's residents
suffered from a very modest
living standard.There was no
power network and no clean
water. Roads were only
trails and there was no
mechanical means of
transportation. Tuan Chau
was a very poor town where
fishing with very
rudimentary tools is the
only means of living.
The first project of great
significance was to link
Tuan Chau and the National
Highway No18 by building a
road. The work was
officially started on
February 28th, 1998. All
company staff had to
overcome numerous hardships
to achieve this difficult
task, which translated
people’s dream into reality.
Tuan Chau has become well-
known to both international
and domestic tourists as an
attractive destination with:
- a dolphin&seal club
- a circus
- a crocodile club
- an (artificial) beach
with 4 km long.
- a Vietnamese culinary
area
- a hotel and resort
area of 5-star standard
(200 rooms)
- a water recreation
park with activities
such as motor racing,
canoeing, parachuting,
water skiing, etc.
- Ha Long Bay sight-
seeing services by
canoe, boat, helicopter.
- a high tech water
fountain with music
playing, laser lighting
and film projecting on
water screens.
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