Son Doong Cave

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Cable car threatens giant cave

VietNamNet Bridge – Fresh controversy has broken out after authorities in central Quang Binh Province last week allowed a survey project to set up a cable car system connecting many of the caves

Quang Binh Province opens up world's biggest cave to tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in Central Quang Binh Province will officially open the world's biggest cave, Son Doong, for tourism by January, 2015. This follows a successful pilot programme this year.

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Places for a vacation: Son Doong Cave

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Doong Cave in Viet Nam's Quang Binh Province has been suggested by the American news website huffingtonpost.com as one of the places to visit in 20 years.

Son Doong Cave attractive to travellers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many tourists are willing to wait in long queues and pay higher for a trip to explore the beauty of Son Doong Cave inside the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh,

More visitors wait for Son Doong exploration trips

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 164 people visited the natural masterpiece, Son Doong cave, located in the heart of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO-recognised nature heritage site, in the first half of this year.

Rise in number of tourists visiting Quang Binh

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1.5 million visitors arrived in central Quang Binh Province for its cavern system and burial site of General Giap in the first five months of the year.

High fees valid protection for world's biggest cave

 VietNamNet Bridge –Last week Viet Nam News asked readers whether they had any plans to explore the world's largest cave, Son Doong, in central Quang Binh Province, and for suggestions on how to balance exploration with preservation.

Visitors have no choice but to cave in to Quang Binh's charms

VietNamNet Bridge – The less developed Central region of Viet Nam harvests distinct cultural values and natural masterpieces largely unknown to outsiders.

Quang Binh enters Top 52 places to go in 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh was placed at the 8th position out of 52 ideal destinations for tourists in 2014, according to New York Times.

CNN: Vietnamese underground wonders

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam may be focused on building upwards, but what's happening underground is perhaps more exciting than the latest skyscraper -- think hidden caves large enough for 40-story buildings and wartime tunnels

Vietnamese woman spends US$3,000 to see Son Doong Cave

 To mark her thirtieth birthday, a Vietnamese woman spent US$3,000 on a tour of Son Doong Cave--the world largest cave.

Paradise Cave in Quang Binh

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Thien Duong (Paradise) Cave is the most impressive of all natural environments in central Quang Binh Province, says Hanoi tour guide Nguyen Thi Huyen.

First foreign tourist group explores Son Doong Cave

Tran Tien Dung, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh Province, on August 6 welcomed a foreign tourist group after they successfully covered an exploration tour of the Son Doong Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

Tourists to flock to Quang Binh for Son Doong Cave tour

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 100 international tourists have registered for trial adventure tours in Son Doong Cave, according to the Director of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Le Thanh Tinh.

Trial tours in world's largest cave to be launch next month

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Binh plans to launch experimental adventure tours to Son Doong Cave, which is considered the largest cave in the world, in early August this year.

Trial tours in world's largest cave to begin

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has approved an experimental adventure tour to Son Doong Cave suggested by Howard Limbert,