Adrian Baumberger, Philipp Wilhelm

Ha Long is a city on the eastern edge of the Red River Delta close the Chinese border and famous for its unique bay. Ha Long Bay is an exceptional landscape consisting of water and thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The evolution of the karst has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. Until the 1990s Vietnam wasn't a tourist destination at all, but since then the country has become a major spot in Asia, assisted by significant state and private investment, particularly in coastal regions.