HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) has recognised Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern province of Quang Ninh and neighbouring Hai Phong City as a world geological heritage site, Associate Professor Dr Tran Tan Van, former Director of the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), said on August 25.
According to Van, who has participated in compiling two world heritage dossiers related to outstanding global geological values, and directly prepared documents for the regonistion of the Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago by the IUGS, the site, together with 99 others in 53 countries in world, is included on the IUGS's world geological heritage list thanks to the outstanding global values of geological history and karst geomorphology.
