According to a media
meeting organized by Quang Ninh department of tourism and
Halong city people's committee, all households living in
floating houses around Halong Bay will be removed in June,
other news such as relocation schedule of families and
houses to new resettlement area on land in order to make the
environment clean a beautiful natural wonder of the world.
Plan to resettle the households and houses on Halong Bay was
approved in 2012. By the end of April 2014 the city people's
committee has encouraged 147 households to voluntarily move,
forced 5 floating houses to leave, and 325 families among
462 houses will be resettled in the fishing village of Ha
Phong commune, 137 households were funded in the new
inhabitation.
For hundreds of years, the fishermen in Halong lived on the
sea, there are villages which has become famous as part of
the Halong bay travel sites such as Ba Hang,
Cua Van,
Vong
Vieng, Cong Dam...People live on floating houses, under the
houses are fish cages raising seafood to sell to tourists,
floating market has become an attractive indispensable part
for visitors doing halong bay tours, many beautiful pictures
about the floating villages of Halong bay has been taken by
travelers.
Halong city has so far completed and handed over 364
qualified resettlement apartments in Ha Phong commune's
fishing village. The houses are terraced one floor with an
area of 77.5 and 128 sq metres. There is also a system of
schools, medical care centre to serve the academic and
health care for people living on the area.
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