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Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay has been named in a temporary list of
the world’s 10 new wonders of nature by the New Open World Corporation, an
associate of the non-profit New 7 Wonders Foundation.
The others in the list are the Dead Sea in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan; the
Grand Canyon in the US; the Great Barrier Reef off Australia and Papua New
Guinea); Jeita Grotto cave in Lebanon; Jeju Island in South Korea; Komodo Island
in Indonesia; Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Philippines; the
Sunderbans in Bangladesh and India; and Vesuvius Mountain in Italy.
They have received the most votes so far, according to the New7Wonders, whose
president, Bernard Weber, said the list could change in the remaining days of
the campaign before the final list was released November 11.
Earlier on September 27 New7Wonders Foundation chairman Bernard Weber announced
that Ha Long was among the 28 finalist candidates for the new seven wonders of
nature.
To vote for Ha Long Bay, one has to go to the website
http://www.new7wonders.com, dial + 1.869 760.5990 and press 7712, or send a text
message (“Halong”) to 147.
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