Halong Bay is a body of water of approximately 1,500 square kilometres in north Vietnam. 

It has a 120 kilometre of coastline in the Gulf of Tonkin and is bordered with China. Halong Bay means "Bay of the Descending  Dragon".

Since the turn of the century, Da Lat has been the vacation spot for well-to-do Vietnamese and foreigners. It is the unofficial honeymoon Mecca of Vietnam. Located on Lám Viên (Langbian) high lands, part of the greater Central high lands of Vietnam (Cao Nguyen Trung Phan), the city is 1500 m above sea level and is 305 km from Saigon.

It features a tropical monsoon climate with all four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The spring is cool and warm, the summer is hot, the autumn is cool and the winter is cold. Average temperature is 25ºC. The best time for tourists is from November to April.

Its climate is tropical with two distinct rainy and dry seasons. The average annual temperature is between 28ºC and 29ºC and storms hit the area every year in September and October.