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The Hai Phong People’s Committee on March 31 held a meeting to inaugurate the Cat Ba tourism season. 

Deputy Chairman of the Committee Nguyen Van Thanh affirmed that the attractive Cat Ba Island lures many tourists at home and abroad. Ca Ba is also one of the five sea conservation sites of Vietnam and has sufficient factors to build geological park.

Sport events such as traditional dragon boat racing, volleyball tournament and kayak boat racing were organised at Cat Ba Bay on April 1 to start the tourism season.

Also on the occasion, the authority called on the local people and tourists to vote for Ha Long Bay to become one of the seven world wonders. More than 1,000 people, including 160 foreigners have voted for Ha Long Bay on the day.

Theo Nhan Dan/Vietnamnet

Cat Ba Tourism - Drinking Beer with Monkeys.

Not many people have known the existent monkey islet in Cat Ba with more than 30 monkeys who regularly frolic on the beach, even tease and steal food from visitors. It takes about 45 minutes to travel on boat from Hai Phong city to Cat Ba island (Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city), and 10 minutes more by canoe to the Monkey Islet. The island features a long sandy blond beach with blue water waves, which is an ideal place for swimming in the hot summer.

However, the alluring factor that makes the tourists desire to once come here is not only the natural wild sight but also the attraction of the more than 30 monkeys living here half naturally. Primarily, this island used to be called Pandanus beach because the pandanus grew luxuriantly, but it is rather more common to be known as Monkey islet since the Cat Ba Tourism Joint Stock Company brought these monkeys here to bring up. Surprisingly, the monkeys really adjust well to the weather and living conditions to develop quickly. With an initial intent to raise the monkeys for fun, if the tourists visit the island and see the monkeys, they feel warmer and not desolate.

Unexpectedly, it is the monkeys who become the “tour guide” for the visitors traveling to this spot. “More than 30 monkeys live scattering around the island. In the summer, the number of tourists visiting this place are crowded (about 3000 people per day), we do not have to feed them at all as bananas, cakes and candies of the tourists bringing along can make them full.

In the winter, we cook porridge or rice for them”, said Mr Nguyen Van Chung, an employee in the Cat Bat Tourism Joint Stock Company. The monkeys are quite bold because they live close to the human and get quite familiar to them. Sometimes, they encroach upon the tourists and make the coward tourists startled. However, almost all of the tourists have fun with these mischievous kings. The tourists will desire in their lifelong once to visit this islet to experience some pert baby monkeys approach and one of them tease his leg to gain attention of the tourists, another glances their eyes while his right hand is taking a coca on the table to drink. Especially, after “Sniffing” the roasted groundnuts served to the tourists to drink beer, several monkeys rush to them to beg. If not being given, they will think of stealing. The monkeys on the islet have been living quite well, some of whom are pregnant and the numbers of monkeys increase significantly over the years. The visitors are quite surprised by the funny names of the monkeys called by the employees from Cat Ba Resort and Spa. An example name for the handsome, clever and loving football monkey is Beckham. The old looking and the biggest will be called an Old Man. The female big monkey is called an Old Woman because she is the wife of the Old Man.

Unfortunately, the Old Man has recently coupled with some younger female monkeys including a Lips Splitting (the monkey who has her lips splitting in the middle and looks very sexy). After more than one hour discovering the Monkey Islet, the tourists will feel love for the nature and half wild monkeys. Enjoy the tour to the Monkey Islet to relax for this summer occasion.

Cat Ba Tourism - Drinking Beer with Monkeys - Monkey Islet

Not many people have known the existent monkey islet in Cat Ba with more than 30 monkeys who regularly frolic on the beach, even tease and steal food from visitors. It takes about 45 minutes to travel on boat from Hai Phong city to Cat Ba island (Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city), and 10 minutes more by canoe to the Monkey Islet

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Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba merger planned

International conservation group IUCN plans to extend Ha Long Bay to include the Cat Ba Archipelago, an adjoining holiday resort area. This is partly because it believes the bay has gone from a pristine natural environment to one that is under considerable threat.QUANG NINH (VNS)

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Tourists to Cat Ba estimated to increase by 14.3% as compared to 2013

In 2014, the total number of tourist arrivals to Cat Ba was estimated at 1,513 million, an increase of 14.3% as compared to 2013, 341,200 of whom are foreigners, up 0.2%. Revenue from tourism and service reached 671.2 billion dong, making a rise of 14.2%.

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Cat Ba Island to become world-class tourist destination

On the morning of 30 October, Chairman of the city People’s Comittee Duong Anh Dien chaired a meeting on the end-of-term report on the overall planning for sustainable tourism development in Cat Ba Island up to 2025 with a vision to 2050.

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Tan Vu - Lach Huyen highway project added to the list of key transport projects

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, Head of the State Steering Committee on Key Transport Projects has agreed to add three more projects to the list of key transport projects, namely the Deo Ca Pass Tunnel on National Highway 1, theTan Vu – Lach Huyen Highway (Haiphong) and the upgrading of the Cho Gao canal.

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Cat Hai district prepares for the traditional festival on 31 March 2015

Cat Hai district People’s Committee is implementing plans for the festival marking the 56th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s visit to the fishing village (March 31, 1959 – March 31, 2015) – Vietnam Fisheries Traditional Day (April 01, 1959 – April 01, 2015) and the Opening of Cat Ba tourism in 2015.

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Cat Ba attracted thousands of foreign visitors during Tet holiday

During the Lunar New Year of the Goat, Cat Ba tourist area attracted nearly 10 thousand tourists including thousands of foreigners visiting and enjoying Tet celebration on the island.

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Fort Cannon tourism area

Cat Ba is situated in a specific location on the geography map; it is in the global-famous Ha Long Bay beauty spot group. The beautiful Cat Ba island, whose three faces head to East Sea, is of the legend on thousands of released precious pearls constituting Ha Long Bay.

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Xuan Dam Cat Ba hot spring project

The Xuan Dam hot spring project is located in the centre of a fresh and verdant valley with the airy climate where the largest freshwater lake Cat Ba and Xuan Dam hot spring are located.

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Cat Ba island welcomes its one millionth tourist

A ceremony to welcome the one millionth tourist, Neil Hunter, from Australia was held on December 24 by Cat Hai district authorities and the Hai Phong Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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Environmental protection for sustainable tourism Cat Ba Island

According to assessment by the archeologist, fossil found in adults have Pleistocen later (from 01 million to 11,000 years ago). With the values so important, but not a historical, a location archeologist, of biological time on Cat Ba islands are recognized as a heritage / cultural relics in the country by statistics incomplete Dist.

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Cat Ba - Tourist Centre with International Standards

Cat Ba archipelago consists of 366 islands, big and small, with several gulfs and beaches and is rich in bio-diversity as recognized by UNESCO. Cat Ba has great advantages in developing tourism

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Eating out - Geen Mango Restaurant in Cat Ba island

Step towards the light: Green Mango on Cat Ba island offers some of the best Western food in the area. Bring the party: Over 75 people made their way to Cat Ba for Green Mango’s fourth anniversary party, which featured a multi-course menu and live music.

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Festive day for fishing village

Addressing the ceremony, State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan asked the fisheries sector to modernise aquatic farming and seafood processing technology, effectively exploit aquatic resources and protect the country’s territorial waters.

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Cat Ba expects to receive 1 million tourist visits

Visitors coming to Cat Ba are entirely interested in the special images of untouched landscape of mountains and forests. Visiting the attraction, travelers will surely enjoy the oceanic climate with freshness of Lan Ha Bay neighbouring the world natural heritage of Ha Long Bay

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Cat Ba gets one more resort

The construction of Cat Ba Resort Community Project, with estimated investment capital of $600 million, is divided into two phases. Phase 1 is being implemented with investment capital of $300 million to construct an attractive resort among newly-developed resorts throughout the country.

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Cat Ba Tourist Site Joint Stock Company: For Clean, Green Environment

To create a healthy ecological environment in the tourist site, the company has decided to carry out some projects, including the construction of an ‘underwater palace’, an eco-park and many deluxe hotels on an area of 60ha, 100 villas, and the Cu Nau Island International Conference Center with total investment of nearly VND400 billion.

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Hai Phong starts Cat Ba tourism season

Deputy Chairman of the Committee Nguyen Van Thanh affirmed that the attractive Cat Ba Island lures many tourists at home and abroad. Ca Ba is also one of the five sea conservation sites of Vietnam and has sufficient factors to build geological park.

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$600mil for Cat Ba tourism complex

This is expected to be a big complex on the Cat Ba archipelago off the coast of Hai Phong city. The value of the project may reach $600mil, and once operational, it will be the biggest modern ecological tourism area.

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Wild-life holidays in Cat Ba Island

It takes almost half a day to reach the island from Hanoi, as one has to take two hours’ bus drive to Hai Phong city and a ferry or motorized boat trip to the island. Tourists’ patience will, however, be rewarded by the fresh air and a 30 minutes traveling up and down the mountain road to get into the Cat Ba town.

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Opening Ceremony of Cat Ba Tourist Festival 2008

The memorable event has been officially recognized by the State as the Vietnam tradition fishing day, and the annual opening of the Catba tourist season as well as the launching of South Fishing Season of fishmen.

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