After Soi Sim beach, belonging to Soi Sim island located in Ha Long Bay, was named in the list of nominated beautiful beaches of the world in 2026, public opinion is particularly interested in this beach.
Soi Sim beach is located on Soi Sim island, a beautiful land island located in the middle of Ha Long Bay. The island name was given by local fishermen because of the vast island of sim flowers.
In addition, on the island, there is a primeval forest with a rich flora and fauna, including more than 78 plant species and 32 animal species. Among them are many endemic plant species of Ha Long Bay such as: Phất dụ núi, Bông mộc, Hài vệ nữ hoa vàng...
However, Soi Sim beach has temporarily stopped welcoming visitors since 2020 because the Ha Long Bay flora and fauna conservation project on the island must complete legal procedures according to regulations.
Currently, this unit is actively coordinating with relevant departments and branches to review and agree to report to the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee to consider removing difficulties and obstacles in legal procedures and safety conditions for the project, and soon put Soi Sim beach into service for tourists.
Lao Dong Newspaper has previously reported on the waste of Soi Sim Island due to problems related to the Soi Sim Island Animal and Plant Reserve Project.
The Soi Sim Island Animal and Plant Conservation Area project was assigned to Ha Long Service Joint Stock Company in 2011.
In 2015, Soi Sim One Member Limited Liability Company took over the project. In addition to investing in piers at both ends of the island, operating houses... this company has replaced all concrete roads with wood and opened new wooden roads weaving through the forest. Just replacing them with wood material alone, the investment capital for this item has exceeded the initial estimate by about 28 billion VND.
The total amount of money the enterprise has invested in this project is up to about 200 billion VND, but has not been exploited to date.
Currently, many construction items have deteriorated or are almost completely damaged due to many years of not being used.
Over the years, despite many meetings and directing documents from the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee and relevant departments and agencies, the problems have not been resolved.
The company and the tourism community in Ha Long Bay hope that Quang Ninh will soon handle the fate of Soi Sim island, to minimize damage to businesses and not waste tourism resources as well as affect the rights of tourists.
Soi Sim beach is 1 of 2 beaches in Ha Long Bay licensed to operate to serve tourists and is located on route number 2.
Before tourists repeatedly wondered why the name Soi Sim was on the entrance ticket but the boat did not bring tourists in, the Ha Long Tourist Boat Association once proposed removing the name Soi Sim from the ticket to reduce tourists' questions and frustrations.
Currently, Ha Long Bay is very lacking in beaches to serve tourists even though there are about 200 large and small beautiful sand beaches in the middle of the bay, located at the foot of rocky mountains. Among these, only 2 beaches on Soi Sim and Ti-top islands are qualified to welcome guests. However, Soi Sim island has been "closed" for many years, so currently only Ti-top beach remains.
This causes Ti-top beach to often be overloaded, while tourists visiting other routes do not have a beach to use.
