4 Main Fishing Villages In Halong Bay

 

Nature offers a moderate climate, which is really convenient for fishermen living among the ocean. Thousands of limestone islets jutting out from the sea make a nature border preventing winter strong wind and summer storms. The emerald seawater is ideal for aquiculture. The sea face is even more tranquil than Sword lake in Hanoi. Nestling beside Halong rocky islets, many fishing houses gather into the 4 villages living and working among this UNESCO wonder.

Among the 4 villages, Cua Van or Van Gia is the largest one, and also the oldest village of Halong bay. Now it’s the home to 176 households and 733 people, most of them live on fishing career. The boat is also their home, the school, the committee hall for all villagers. Cua Van is the farest living zone from the inland with the distance of 30km from Bai Chay tourist wharf. Although the deprivation, villagers are always happy with wind, sea and sunshine and smiles. Mostly quiet, calm sea, fishing boat anchors, nets, let the sentence, catching fish are their inspiration.

The establishment of the famous cultural center Cua Van has a great significance both economically and spiritually for residents. It is a model cultural center for the first floating fishing communities of Vietnam, not only to conserve, preserve cultural values through the fishing village activities as well as traditional works between local communities and tourists but also a place to create jobs for locals.

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