The tourist ship departs from Tuan Chau Port to take visitors to Thien Cung - Dau Go Cave, and occasionally appears small ball bags and foam buoys along the way.
The captain told the tourists that, compared to before, the amount of garbage had decreased significantly, because before, the discovery journey often encountered garbage, even large piles of garbage of all kinds.
However, according to tourist Le Van Hai (Hanoi), no matter how you go, it is a pity to occasionally see garbage on a beautiful heritage bay of the world. Garbage in Ha Long Bay continues to be among the most complained opinions of tourists, especially international visitors, when coming to Quang Ninh.
The ship entered the area near the rocky mountains, appearing in many places, many places had small foam buoys. According to some crew members, these could be the pieces of foam left over from the previous foam "crisis" and trapped in the mountain crevices.
At some tourist destinations, some workers are rowing a boat to pick up trash, but there are times when, after picking up and moving to another place, the place they just passed by appears trash.
In early August, reporters from Lao Dong Newspaper traveled along the coastal road on the shore of Ha Long Bay from Bai Chay to Ha Long Ward by boat. All kinds of garbage, foam buoys, bamboo, nylon bags... were washed ashore by waves and winds. Going a little further out to sea, there are nylon bags, even sacks, and large water containers waiting on the sea surface. It is unclear where those waste come from, while around there are groups of fishermen's boats anchored. Going further, we still see a lot of garbage flowing everywhere.
Through the following of units of the Ha Long Bay Management Board to collect garbage, it must be admitted that the amount of garbage has recently decreased a lot. In particular, there is no longer any waste of disposable plastic bottles, because the Ha Long Bay Management Board prohibits putting this type of bottle on ships. However, with the awareness of the people and the current way of collecting garbage, it will take a long time for Ha Long Bay to be clean.
A representative of the Ha Long Bay Management Board said that for a long time, the unit has only hired outside units to focus on collecting garbage at tourist attractions and some coastal routes, because Ha Long Bay is too large. Therefore, it is only possible to clean up those areas, but in a short time, garbage from other areas flows back.
The question is, why is there so much revenue from selling tickets to visit Ha Long Bay each year, some years up to about 1,200 billion VND, but why not deploy large-scale garbage collection, with more modern vehicles, instead of taking small boats and using rackets to collect garbage?
It is known that according to Resolution No. 88/2017/NQ-HDND dated December 13, 2017 of the People's Council of Quang Ninh province, 11.1% of the total revenue from selling tickets to visit Ha Long Bay is reserved for the Ha Long Bay Management Board; the remaining 89% is reserved for Ha Long City (old). There have been many opinions suggesting increasing the remaining part to the Ha Long Bay Management Board to facilitate reinvestment in Ha Long Bay.
From July 1, 2025, after Ha Long City is no longer there, 89% of the proceeds from selling tickets to visit Ha Long Bay have been transferred to Quang Ninh province for coordination. In 2024, total revenue from ticket sales to visit Ha Long Bay will reach more than 900 billion VND. The year with the highest revenue was 2019, with a total revenue of nearly 1,200 billion VND.
