Two Vietnamese places enter world's top 20 gorgeous natural wonders

03:06, 30/06/2015

New York-based Business Insider, has announced top 20 gorgeous natural wonders around the world, including two Vietnamese tourism sites, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Ha Long Bay.

New York-based Business Insider, has announced top 20 gorgeous natural wonders around the world, including two Vietnamese tourism sites, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Ha Long Bay.

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders
 

The newspaper said that Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, located in the middle of the Annamite Mountain Range in Quang Binh Province is home to the oldest karst (or landscapes formed from soluble rocks and characterized by caves and sinkholes) formations in Asia.

Dating back over 400 million years, it contains more than 64 miles (104 km) of caves and underground rivers.

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders
 

Ha Long Bay, in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of northern Vietnam, is made up of about 1,600 islands and islets of limestone pillars. According to UNESCO, a majority of the islands are uninhabited by people due to their extremely steep nature.

The top 20 also calls some famous places in the globe:

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia 

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park 

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

Canaima National Park

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

The Namib Sand Sea in Africa

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

The naturally terraced thermal springs of Hierapolis-Pamukkale in the province of Denizli in western Turkey

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

The Socotra Archipelago in the Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

In Victoria Falls, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe, is Devil’s Pool

Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, natural wonders

Los Glaciares National Park in Patagonia, Argentina

(Source: VOV)