The "fever" of three-walled sailboats with red sails running along the coast of Ha Long Bay from before Binh Ngo Tet, when these boats started trial runs, has not stopped until now.
Wherever these 3 sailboats appear, people and tourists flock to take "check-in" photos.
Usually, the 3 sailboats above run along the coastal road of Ha Long Bay, the section from Bai Tho bridge passing through Vincom then Ha Long Flower Park and 30/10 Square, but whenever there are international super yachts bringing tourists to Ha Long International Passenger Port, 3 boats appear around there.
Social networks are flooded with images of tourists and people taking photos with three-walled sailboats. Some people even rent fishing boats to get close to three-walled sailboats to take more beautiful photos.
Many people, especially women, also send photos taken with sailboats thanks to some fanpages with a large number of followers posting on the fanpage.
Today, February 26, 3 three-walled sailboats will run in the Ha Long International Passenger Port area to serve people and tourists taking photos. According to the unit managing the 3 boats, from tomorrow (February 27), the operation of three-walled sailboats along Ha Long Bay will be temporarily suspended to supplement and adjust boats to suit...
This unit is also coordinating with functional agencies to complete procedures with the hope of being able to bring three-walled sailboats products to serve tourists in the near future.
Previously, Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee had a document approving the policy of bringing three-wall sailboats to operate along the coast of Ha Long Bay.
Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Construction to direct the Waterway Port Authority and Quang Ninh Inland Waterway Vehicle Registration to be responsible for inspecting and only licensing operations when ensuring full conditions on registration, inspection, safety equipment according to regulations, installing GPS tracking devices connected to management agencies; ensuring compliance with safety regulations for passengers on vehicles and disaster prevention and search and rescue plans, ensuring regulations.
Departments, agencies, branches, and units: Culture, Sports and Tourism, Construction, Provincial Police, Ha Long Bay - Yen Tu World Heritage Management Board, Ward People's Committee (Hong Gai, Ha Long) shall, based on their functions and tasks, perform management work, ensure safety, security, order, and environment, regularly guide and inspect the implementation of regulations on vehicle conditions, inland waterway traffic safety; coordinate to manage passenger transport activities according to their authority, ensure safety, security, order and environmental protection according to regulations; promptly report to the Provincial People's Committee on contents beyond their authority (if any).
Three-walled sailboats are a unique tradition of Quang Ninh - sails can be used to run against the wind. Currently, 3 of the 10 three-walled sailboats project are being test-run along the coast of Ha Long Bay and are receiving special attention from people and tourists.
According to this special tour opening project, the route runs along the coast of Ha Long Bay, about 12km long, in which the starting point is at the pick-up and drop-off point at the Waterway Passenger Transport Joint Stock Company's Port Area (Ha Long 1 market area, Hong Gai ward) passing through Cot 5 beach area (Ha Long ward) and then circling back to the Waterway Passenger Transport Joint Stock Company's Port Area.
Regarding frequency, based on the assessment of the characteristics of the demand for sightseeing and tourism time on the route, the operating frequency is fixed at 6 trips/day, each trip is 1 hour/trip.
Regarding operating hours during the day: Flight 1 from 8:00 AM, flight 2 from 9:00 AM, flight 3 from 10:00 AM, flight 4 starting at 2:00 PM, flight 5 starting at 3:00 PM, flight 6 from 4:00 PM.
Each boat will carry a maximum of 12 passengers and 2 crew members each time.
