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Decision 24 COM X.A.2
Inclusion of an additional criterion - Ha Long Bay (renomination) (Viet Nam)

Property: Ha Long Bay (renomination)

Id. N°: 672 bis

State Party: Viet Nam

Criteria: N (i) (iii)

The Committee inscribed Ha Long Bay under natural criterion (i) in addition to the site's existing 1994 listing under criterion (iii).

Criterion (i): The site is the most extensive and best known example of marine invaded tower karst and one of the most important areas of fengcong and fenglin karst in the world. The size of the area provides sufficient integrity for these large scale geomorphic processes to operate unhindered.

The nomination under criterion (i) was supported by a number of Committee members, who wondered why this criterion was not taken into account originally. The Delegate of Hungary also noted the environmental impact assessment referred to under the item "state of conservation of properties" discussed during the twentyfourth extraordinary session of the Bureau.

Decision Code
24 COM X.A.2
Themes
Inscriptions on the World Heritage List
States Parties 1
Year
2000
State of conservation reports
2000 Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago
Documents
WHC-2000/CONF.204/21
Report of the twenty-fourth session of the World Heritage Committee (Cairns, Australia, 27 November – 2 December 2000)