🌳 Phong Nha-Ke Bang and Hin Nam No National Parks
Transboundary UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning Vietnam and Laos
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 2015 (Phong Nha-Ke Bang); Hin Nam No added to transboundary listing 2023
- Phong Nha-Ke Bang covers approximately 857 square kilometers in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam; Hin Nam No covers approximately 86,000 hectares in Khammouane Province, Laos
- Home to Son Doong Cave, the world's largest cave by volume, and hundreds of other known cave systems
- Contains over 2,000 plant species and more than 1,000 animal species, including Saola, Asian elephants, tigers, and leopards
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam and Hin Nam No National Park in Laos form a ...