Son Doong is the largest cave in the world discovered in 1991, and it was not until 2009 that expert Howard Limbert (UK) officially explored the entire cave system.
Since 2013, the first tourist tour taking visitors to Son Doong cave has opened up surprises about the majestic world in the largest cave on the planet. A series of international television stations and newspapers continuously reported and honored the wonder in Central Vietnam.
Most recently, the 60 minutes program of CBS (USA) with the Son Doong cave exploration report broadcast on the morning of March 30 (Vietnam time) opened up opportunities to promote Vietnamese tourism image to the world.
60 Minutes is a legendary investigative news program of American television that has just made a special report about Son Doong. The report calls this a "world wonder".
American reporters describe this cave as a "hidden world" large enough to hold a skyscraper, with beautiful stalactites and underground rivers that have diligently created this masterpiece over millions of years.
In 2025, Israel's Channel 12 broadcast an episode of the adventure program "To the End: Danny Kushmaro in the Underground".
The Israeli journalist challenges the limits of physical strength, spirit and personal bravery in the harsh conditions of the Son Doong expedition. For Danny, this is not only a physical challenge but also a journey deep into the mind where people face fear, isolation and the fragile boundaries of safety and danger.
In 2023, Son Doong cave appeared in the BBC (UK) documentary Planet Earth III. The spectacular beauty and unique ecosystem of the cave system were excellently portrayed in the film considered the pinnacle of British documentary television.
The episode titled Extremes takes viewers deep into Son Doong cave, revealing the ability to survive and the beauty of nature in the most harsh environment on the planet.
BBC Planet Earth III's Extremes episode then received 2 nominations at the 2024 Emmy Awards - an award considered the "Oscar of the TV show".
Previously in 2015, ABC News (USA)'s Good Morning America program broadcast live images inside the world's largest cave. They called Son Doong a "wonderful natural wonder".
The live program brought the beauty of Phong Nha - Ke Bang at that time directly to the living rooms of millions of American families. The program crew won an award in news and documentary categories in The New York City Drone Film Festival 2016.
In 2011, Japan's NHK television broadcast the scientific report "Ressent the grandeur of nature" not only to viewers in Japan but to 60 countries around the world. This is a 3D film about Son Doong cave.
Not only overwhelming viewers on international television programs, a series of the world's most famous newspapers also regularly call the name of the Son Doong wonder.
The Huffington Post affirms: "The world's largest cave is a surreal wonder of the world.
Leading science magazine National Geographic: The "golden standard" of the world's exploration village has considered Son Doong as a "global natural wonder" and the "last boundary of the Earth" since humans first published the cave map.
The New York Times ranked this as "the world's top destination and described the experience here as a once-in-a-lifetime wonder".
