CNN praises nine magnificent caves in Vietnam

US-based multinational news channel CNN has praised nine Vietnamese caves, including six caves in the central province of Quang Binh, the provincial Department of Tourism said on February 28.
CNN praises nine magnificent caves in Vietnam ảnh 1Son Doong cave is one of the world’s most precious natural wonders. (Source: CNN Travel)

Quang Binh (VNA) – US-based multinational news channel CNN has praised nine Vietnamese caves, including six caves in the centralprovince of Quang Binh, the provincial Department of Tourism said on February 28.

Accordingly, the six magnificent creations ofMother Nature in Quang Binh which were rated asworld-class caves by CNN included Son Doong, En, Va, Nuoc Nut,Tu Lan and Thien Duong (Paradise) caves.

TamCoc cave in the northern province of Ninh Binh, Sung Sot cave in Ha Long Bayand Luon cave in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh wereacclaimed as strangely beautiful ones.

CNN quoted a member of the British Royal Cave ResearchAssociation as saying that his team has explored more than 500 caves inVietnam, but they have still only explored about 30% of the area. There aremany more caves to be discovered.

Vietnam’s caves praised byCNN are expected to attract more tourists to explore caves in the Southeast Asian country./.

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