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. It, along with the eastern part known colloquially as Hòn Gai, together make up the city of Hạ Long. Known as the city's "tourism zone", many hotels, beach resorts and other tourism hotspots are located within Bãi Cháy. The ward was linked to Hòn Gai via a ferry line until the inauguration of the Bãi Cháy Bridge in 2006.

Etymology

According to local legend, Bãi Cháy is the place where the

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's forces, led by Trần Khánh Dư, burned the

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' vessels. A northeast wind then blew the fire toward the west side of the Cửa Lục Bay and inflamed the dry forest nearby. This story gives rise to the name "Bãi Cháy" (). Another local folk story tells that boats used to anchor at the west side of Cửa Lục. Fishermen gathered and burned

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's leaves around those vessels in order to deal with

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that bored into them. As people from Hồng Gai and elsewhere saw fire blazing up from this place regularly, they coined the term "Bãi Cháy" for the area. Under French rule, Bãi Cháy was named ''Vatchay'' or ().

Geography

Bãi Cháy has an artificial sandy beach located along the shores with a length of more than and a width of . The ward's general topographic feature is a low elevation range of hills sloping gently toward the sea.

Gallery

File:Bãi Cháy 026.JPG, High-end hotels File:Bãi Cháy 032.JPG, The old ferry terminal, on the hill is the Hải Quân Hotel and the villa of General

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References

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