It has since been seen mainly in museum displays, including at the Quang Ninh Museum. The boats were widely used in Ha Long Bay in the 1990s but later fell out of operation. Photo: SuppliedThree of the red-sailed boats are currently operating near the shoreline as part of a program along Ha Long Bay, which runs from February 14 to February 22. Tourism workers in the area say the boats were once a distinctive image of the bay and helped attract repeat visitors. Traditional red three-sail junks, once familiar to generations of Vietnamese through school textbooks but rarely seen in real life for around three decades, sail in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, February 2026.

Source: Tuoitre News February 11, 2026 04:31 UTC