The Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo Island, Puerto Princesa Underground River, and Table Mountain have been named the new seven wonders of nature.

By Tan Choe Choe THE breathtaking Halong Bay, a Unesco world heritage site with over 1,900 islands, was gouged out by a dragon on its way to the sea. Or so the story goes, writes TAN CHOE CHOE. One cannot be said to have visited Hanoi if one has not been to Halong Bay.

Corals in Vietnam's World Heritage site die en masse HANOI, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Coral reefs in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, a World Natural Heritage, which were abundant 20 years ago, have almost disappeared now due to water pollution, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Wednesday.