Urgent need to preserve fishing village among the most beautiful in the world
According to VOV•October 24, 2023 09:14
Vung Vieng and Cua Van are two fishing villages located in the Ha Long Bay area of Quang Ninh province, formed in the 19th century. Worryingly, many floating rafts in this fishing village are now showing signs of deterioration and decay.
Initially, Vung Vieng and Cua Van fishing villages were just anchorages for fishermen to rest and avoid storms due to the characteristics of this area being sheltered from wind and waves. Over time, some households settled here and lived on floating rafts... By 2014, there were about 80 households in Vung Vieng fishing village.
After 2014, the Ha Long City People's Committee decided to relocate all households to the shore to settle down. In Vung Vieng, 32 households were allowed to stay to maintain aquaculture associated with tourism development.
Vung Vieng fishing village is located on tour route number 4 on Ha Long Bay. This is a tour route that has special appeal to foreign tourists, as it has both scenic spots and tourism products associated with the long-standing fishing community living on Ha Long Bay.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the fishing village welcomed between 18,000 and 22,000 visitors per month. However, the number of visitors to this destination is now only about a quarter of what it was before the pandemic.
Nick (a German tourist) shared: "This is my first time coming to Vung Vieng fishing village. I am very impressed with the beauty of Ha Long Bay and the floating houses here. This is truly a place worth visiting for tourists from all over the world."
During the tour of the fishing village, the community house is a place that tourists cannot miss. This used to be a meeting place for the fishing villagers, where the elderly gathered to weave nets and hooks after hours of rest when they were not at sea.
Now, the community house is managed by the local government and managed by Van Chai Service Cooperative. People both raise aquatic products and do tourism and weaving nets for fishing.
The community house is about 100 square meters wide. This complex is divided into many exhibition areas, displaying products such as ceramics, fishing tools of fishermen, recreating a corner of the aquatic life of ancient Ha Long fishermen.
Exhibition area of sculptures and souvenirs from coal.
Mr. Tang Van Phien - Director of Van Chai Ha Long Service Cooperative said that many previous community tourism products such as fishing with fishermen, dragon boat rowing or sailing on Ha Long Bay are temporarily suspended due to many regulations. Currently, the community house is being repaired and renovated to prepare to welcome tourists in the winter.
Worryingly, many floating rafts are now showing signs of deterioration and decay. Even at Cua Van, many floating houses have been partially submerged under water.
Currently, the Ha Long Bay Management Board is developing a project to renovate, repair, and restore works to preserve the cultural values of fishing villages on the bay and provide livelihoods for people farming aquatic products.
Buildings that cannot be restored will be rebuilt, in the spirit of preserving the intact architecture and form of the old architecture and ensuring high safety, and resistance to erosion by wind and sea waves.
Ms. Le Thi Nha - a fisherman in Vung Vieng hopes that the upgrading and repairing of floating house models will be implemented soon, to preserve and restore the cultural soul of the ancient Ha Long fishing village and welcome bustling tourists again.
Vung Vieng and Cua Van are two fishing villages that were once ranked among the most beautiful fishing villages in the world. Preserving, restoring and maintaining the cultural values of ancient Ha Long fishermen is essential, especially when many items and floating houses in both of these fishing villages are seriously degraded.According to VOV
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