Vung Vieng Fishing Village

date 13:54 | 24/04/2024

Pay a visit and you can learn the art of sailing, pearl harvesting and casting fishnets. You will be captivated by the beauty and versatility of the boats, the hospitable fishermen, and the kids with huge smiles on their faces as they head off to school. The scene really shows the conventional character of a floating village.

14. Vung Vieng Floating Village

Vung Vieng is located in the heart of Bai Tu Long Bay. One of the four remaining floating fishing villages in the region, it is one of the favorites among tourists because it presents the traditional lives of local fishermen while offering a peaceful spot for viewing the charming landscape around it.

Sounds like your type of place? Then make sure to read our guide to Vung Vieng!

Curious how these villages came to exist in the first place? For a bit of historical background to your trip, read the story behind Halong Bay’s floating villages.

Vung Vieng is located in the heart of Bai Tu Long Bay, a small bay next to Halong Bay, in the northeast of Vietnam, about 25 kilometers far from the mainland in Quang Ninh province. Bai Tu Long Bay in the past was a well-known trade gateway crowded with ships and boats from China and other countries coming here to exchange goods. Therefore, Vung Vieng village was a wealthy fishing village and had its reputation for culturing pearls. Until now, there are some vestiges of a famous commercial port that tourists can find on the way to visit the village to demonstrate for a glorious period.

Since Vung Vieng fishing village belongs to Bai Tu Long Bay, which is not as famous as Ha Long Bay, the village still remains the idyllic beauty that has enchanted a lot of tourists visiting these.