East of the island with sandy kilometers long, pure white sand stretches out to take the dock. From the tip of the Dragon Eye can cover all the Co islands. Jade has a center island of luxuriant trees si, si under this tree in 1962, President Hu to visit the island and was standing here talking to people.
The reason is named for the ancient Ngoc Island, this island has a wealth of rare species of pearl oyster, pearl night a glowing skies, so there are many islands here named as Ngoc Vung Ngoc (Pearl light), Minh Chau (Ngoc Chau) ...
In his career against American war, Ngoc Vung island islands allowance of protected airspace east of the country, fought bravely and was awarded the title Hero Island. Also at the white sand beach east of the island, in 1937 the first stone tools of the HaLong culture period, post-Neolithic period were discovered, the beginning of the excavations, archaeological research learn the secrets of ancient HaLong Bay. On the island there are ancient ruins of Cong Yen wharf ancient trading port of Van Don.
