This information was given at the 5th leadership committee meeting of the Ha Long-Cat Ba Alliance in northern Quang Ninh province. The meeting, organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), included discussions about the extension of Ha Long Bay to include Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern port city of Hai Phong.
The Hai Phong People’s Committee has prepared a dossier to renominate the extended Ha Long Bay, this time including Cat Ba Archipelago, as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2017. The Committee said it will first send the dossier to Quang Ninh province for approval and submit it to the Vietnam National heritage committee in September 2018. The official dossier to renominate the extended Ha Long Bay as a UNESCO World Heritage will be published in February 2019, according to the plan.
At the request of the Vice Chairman of the Ha Long City’s People’s Committee, Ho Quang Huy, IUCN and UNESCO will organise an advisory mission of specialists from the two organisations to help address the site’s development challenges.
With USAID support, the Ha Long-Cat Ba Alliance was established in 2014 as a partnership between the Government and business and community leaders to encourage action to preserve and protect Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago.
During the meeting, businesses discussed measures to promote private investment in improving wastewater treatment for more than 500 cruise vessels operating in Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago.
Research from IUCN showed that about 502 cubic metres of wastewater are daily discharged from cruise boats in Ha Long Bay. This wastewater was estimated to originate from different sources, including about 250 litres from each tourist staying on a boat overnight.
The meeting also received solutions to solve wastewater management issues in the bay, including the diversification of financial support and promotion of policy dialogue. Accordingly, businesses were urged to increase their involvement in addressing environmental challenges caused by the operation of cruise ships in Ha Long Bay.
Extended Ha Long Bay to be renominated as World Heritage.
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At the request of the Vice Chairman of the Ha Long City’s People’s Committee, Ho Quang Huy, IUCN and UNESCO will organise an advisory mission of specialists from the two organisations to help address the site’s development challenges.
With USAID support, the Ha Long-Cat Ba Alliance was established in 2014 as a partnership between the Government and business and community leaders to encourage action to preserve and protect Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago.
During the meeting, businesses discussed measures to promote private investment in improving wastewater treatment for more than 500 cruise vessels operating in Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago.
Research from IUCN showed that about 502 cubic metres of wastewater are daily discharged from cruise boats in Ha Long Bay. This wastewater was estimated to originate from different sources, including about 250 litres from each tourist staying on a boat overnight.
The meeting also received solutions to solve wastewater management issues in the bay, including the diversification of financial support and promotion of policy dialogue. Accordingly, businesses were urged to increase their involvement in addressing environmental challenges caused by the operation of cruise ships in Ha Long Bay.
