Son Doong cave in Quang Binh (Source: vnexpress.net)
Nestled deep in the jungles of Phong Nha Ke - Bang National Park, the magazine states that Son Doong cave is the world’s largest of its kind, featuring the planet’s largest chamber measuring 600-feet high, 300-feet wide, and over 2.5-miles long.
The scale of the site’s interior is so large that it could fit an entire block from New York city inside, including skyscrapers, or have a Boeing747 comfortably fly through without the wings being in any danger.
Clouds gather around colossal natural skylights, 300-feet across, which pour beams of light into the darkness inside.
Each year, only a handful of tourists are permitted to enter, with groups going into the cave as part of a five day expedition that involves two nights of camping inside of Son Doong cave.
Vietnam ready for UN Security Council’s non-permanent membership
Vietnam is ready to take on the role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for 2020-2021 from January 1st, 2020, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN (Photo: VNA)
In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, the ambassador said after Vietnam’s election to the council, preparations started immediately and personnel assigned for the role are now ready and waiting, he said.
The Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN has also been running on trial the coordination mechanism between the mission in New York and the interdisciplinary mechanism in Hanoi for a month.
Each country elected to the UN Security Council has been given a seat at each meeting of the council since October 1st, providing an opportunity for the Vietnamese delegation to test its apparatus, he added.
Hanoi attracts USD8.45 billion in FDI
According to Hanoi city Statistics Office, a total of USD8.45 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) has been poured into the capital so far this year.
Hanoi attracts 8.45 billion USD in FDI (Source: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Of the amount, USD6.5 billion has been disbursed, the highest-ever level, reported VNA.
The accumulative newly-registered and additional capital reached some USD2.1 billion, and capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors amounted to over USD6.3 billion./.