Vessels on Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritate site (Photo: VNA) Thisyear’s carnival, scheduled to take place on April 28 evening, will be the firstof its kind held at sea in Vietnam. It will feature performances and parades onboth the sea and beach of Ha Long Bay to highlight the beauty of this worldnatural heritage site at night.
The department noted on April 24 that as stipulated, in summer, touristvessels must return passengers to ports and terminals in the mainland by 7pm whilethose providing overnight services on the bay must dock at designated areas.
Exceptfor floating restaurants, there aren't any night-time sightseeing tours. The number of tourist vessels mobilised for the carnival is large, the areasthey will operate in are natural waters, weather conditions are unpredictable, vesselswill serve the festival until midnight, and passengers' activities on thosevehicles during the event may pose safety risks. Ensuring thesafety of passengers on the ships will be limited, the department pointed out.
Therefore,it demanded the People’s Committee of Ha Long city not license vessels performing at the carnival to serve travellers.
Italso asked local authorities to strictly manage the vehicles transportingpassengers to the mobilised vessels and others docking on the sea to watch theevent./.
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