Published:  00:00 Thursday - September 18, 2008

Pamphlets, photos and VCDs of Ha Long Bay will be circulated in Japan in a bid to promote the world heritage site in its race to become one of the world’s seven new wonders of nature.

A Vietnamese delegation will leave for Japan on September 21, according to Head of the Ha Long Bay management board Ngo Hung who said that the Japanese capital of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya will be venues for promotional activities and ballot-boxes to vote for Ha Long Bay.