
Welcoming the Greek delegation, ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khang gave them a briefintroduction of the geological, geomorphological, historical and culturalvalues of the bay - a world natural heritage site.
The Greek leader thanked local officials fortheir warm welcome as well as local people for their hospitality, expressingher delight at the trip to Ha Long Bay.
Khang wished the delegation asuccessful visit to Vietnam which will last until May 19.
Ha Long Bay was twice recognised asa world natural heritage site by UNESCO, in 1994 and 2000, and selected as onethe 10 most beautiful bays in the world.
As a popular tourist destination, itattracted about 4.4 million visitors, including nearly 2.9 million foreign arrivals,in 2019 - before the COVID-19 pandemic. Ha Long city looks to welcome 4.5million tourist arrivals this year./.