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Sea Culture Conservation
Centre under Halong Bay Management Department in
collaboration with the Van Chai Halong Cooperative has
launched an operation to collect and treat waste at
Cua Van
fishing village
The operation is part of the plan to organize activities in
response to Vietnam Sea and Islands Week, National Water and
Environment, World Environment Day of the Provincial
Federation of Labor.
At the operation, nearly 50 staff of the conservation Sea
Culture Conservation Centre and fishermen from Cua Van
village has collected, transported and processed
approximately 6 m3 garbage in the water and around the foot
of the rock formations in the area
The Sea Culture Conservation Centre also works with other
organizations and societies to present waste bins to
fisherman families and encourage people to actively protect
environmental hygiene.
The Centre is known to have developed the program in
collaboration with the Van Chai Halong Cooperative to
organize operations to collect and process waste on a
monthly basis. Thereby raising awareness of environmental
protection for members of the Cooperative, actively
participate in collecting floating garbage when rowing boats
to take tourists to visit Cua Van fishing village.
Cua Van is a famous floating fishing village in
Halong Bay,
it was voted by Journeyect magazine as one of the beaufitul
villages in the world for the tourists to visit one time in
life. Cua Van is originated from two old fishing villages
Giang Vong and Truc Vong, belong to Halong city, the village
is inhabited by 180 families with about 800 people, most of
them live on fishing.
When Halong Bay was recognized as a World Natural Heritage
by Unesco and one of the New 7 World Wonders this village
has become an indispensable part in the itinerary of the
Halong bay cruises, visitor will have a chance to learn
about local daily life and their customs.
After the Cua Van operation, The Sea Culture Conservation
Centre will launch other activities to make Halong bay
cleaner, contribute to the sustainable development of Halong
tourism.... 
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