World's largest cave in Vietnam threatened by cable car

Vietnamese are protesting plans to build a cable car through remote Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park that could carry 1,000 visitors an hour to Son Doong cavePlans for a cable car in Vietnam's Unesco-listed Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park would open up the world's largest cave to mass tourism. But Vietnamese are protesting the project, and experts warn the environmental impact could be devastating.Quang Binh province announced in October that resort developer Sun Group would build a $212m (?135m) cable car system through the national park, which occupies a remote, mountainous swathe of central Vietnam. The 10.6km route would connect Son Doong Cave, so large it could house an entire 40-story building, with other caves in the area as part of a planned "tourism, service and resort complex". Continue reading...