Adding to the beauty of Ha Long Bay

Besides creating a green carpet of vegetation to cover the Heritage site and preserving valuable genetic resources and endemic plant species, flowers in Ha Long Bay are also widely planted to create scenic landscapes and photo opportunities for tourists visiting Ha Long Bay. This is how the Ha Long Bay Management Board practically implements the program: Ha Long - City of Flowers.

At the beginning of the Year of the Snake (2015), during the tree planting festival in early February 2025, the Ha Long Bay Management Board launched a campaign to plant nearly 800 trees. Besides flowering trees and bauhinia trees, there were also endemic species of Ha Long such as: Ha Long cycad, Chinese quince, flowering magnolia, Ha Long five-leafed ginseng, and lady's slipper orchid…

The Ha Long Bay Management Board launched the 2025 Tree Planting Festival.

Trees are planted at tourist attractions within the core area of ​​the Heritage site, in limestone island areas, ensuring suitable growing conditions. According to Mr. Pham Dinh Huynh, Deputy Head of the Ha Long Bay Management Board, for many years, the unit has focused on greening the rocky islands with various types of trees and flowers, as well as diligently researching conservation and introducing endemic plant species with high scientific and aesthetic value to create landscapes. Notably, many endemic plant species with beautiful flowers have been and are being planted and widely distributed along tourist routes and points, creating shade, beautiful miniature landscapes, and unique photo spots for tourists.

In addition to several tourist attractions, the Management Board recently organized a tree-planting campaign to create endemic botanical gardens in the bay. One of the areas where this initiative was implemented is the Co Island area, which boasts beautiful scenery and attracts many international tourists. In fact, Co Island, like many other destinations in the bay, was significantly affected by Typhoon Yagi . Therefore, this can be considered both a reforestation activity, contributing to greening the area, and a creation of a space with trees and flowers, enhancing the attractiveness of the destination.

The Ha Long Bay Management Board has directed its subordinate units to plant endemic trees such as Ha Long cycad, cottonwood, and Ha Long palm. In addition, the unit has also transplanted other tree species into clusters, including: Acanthopanax, Terminalia catappa, mountain phalaenopsis, Ha Long ginger, various orchids, Sophora japonica, Impatiens glabra, and wild tamarind… To facilitate growth and enhance the landscape, these endemic plants are planted in gardens spanning thousands of square meters at the Co Cave tourist site (on Co Island) and in patches on the slopes and low cliffs near the tourist port.

Thus, with a large quantity of seedlings, along with the relocated trees planted in clusters, a space will be created where large trees are interspersed with endemic flowering species, creating a highlight for visitors. Mr. Tran Van Hien, Director of Conservation Center 3, Ha Long Bay Management Board, shared: "In reality, these are endemic plant species with rare genetic resources and high aesthetic value. Currently, most of these species are scattered and can survive in many places with harsh environmental conditions. Therefore, relocating or planting seedlings will create a garden space that serves both as a place to preserve and conserve valuable genetic resources and to allow tourists to access and better understand the value and beauty of the flowers associated with the Heritage Bay."

Cotton trees and other valuable endemic plants with beautiful flowers will be planted to enhance the landscape value of tourist destinations.

It is known that, in addition to Co Cave, from the end of 2024, the Ha Long Bay Management Board has planned to plant 200 magnolia trees, 100 Chinese elm trees, and many other endemic plant species in the areas of So Cave, Me Cung Cave, and many other tourist attractions in the bay. Thus, it can be seen that creating landscape spaces using endemic plant species in the bay, if implemented well and expanded, will bring high effectiveness.

In the long term, this will create a significant landscape change, particularly increasing the green coverage of the structures, especially the vegetation after Typhoon Yagi. At the same time, over time, the plants will grow, creating beautiful flower gardens or patches of vegetation and flowers on the hillsides, enhancing the landscape of Ha Long Bay. To realize this, the managing agency needs to invest resources in caring for and ensuring the plants survive and thrive, while also researching and arranging suitable plant and flower species at the destinations.

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