Halong Bay, on Vietnam’s northeastern seacoast, is often considered one of the world’s most beautiful bays. Halong Bay is also significant for cultural and historical reasons. The bay is a home of the ancient Viet people with occupation by various cultures dating back some 18.000 years and many important cultural and many important cultural and historical relics from these peoples have been found. The fishing communities who live on the bay retain their own special culture.