Cát Bà, also known as Powan Island, has a coastal defense of 2 kilometers and a ferry crossing the sea. It belongs to the jurisdiction of Jihai County, and there are Jipo Town, five townships and a fishing port on the island. Jipo Island is the largest island under the jurisdiction of Haiphong City, with an area of 146 square kilometers, and most of the islands are rocky mountains.
there is a vast expanse of primeval forest on jipo island, which has been designated as a national nature reserve by the Vietnamese government. There are many precious trees in the nature reserve, and many rare birds and animals breed in the forest. It is a huge natural zoological and botanical garden.
The forest in Jipo Island is rich in precious wood and rare animals, such as white wood, frankincense wood, white-headed monkey and golden monkey.
The nearby sea area is rich in cuttlefish. Shrimp, abalone, sea cucumber, squid, sardine, Russian Qing, etc. On the mountain 5 kilometers away from Jipo Town, there is a cave named "Zhongzhuang", which crosses the rocky mountain and contains Neolithic relics. The mountains on Jipo Island are undulating, surrounded by winding coastlines and calm bays. There are many natural beaches between the rocky mountains on the seashore. Every summer, it becomes a happy paradise for people. Chen Shuaifo, chairman of China Feng Shui Association, praised Gimpo Island as the most beautiful place in the world, and Chen Shuaifo wrote an inscription for Gimpo Island in 1992: Wonder of the World
Gimpo Island is a pearl in Beibu Gulf and a big fishing center in northern Vietnam. Jipo Island belongs to Jihai County. There are Jipo Town and five townships in the whole island. The island is 24 kilometers long, 18 kilometers wide and covers an area of 315 square kilometers. There are only 27 hectares of agricultural land on the island, and residents grow corn, fruit trees and medicinal materials, mainly fishing. September to May is the fishing season. It is said that there are more than 9 kinds of fish and hundreds of kinds of shrimp here. The fish sauce in Jipo Island is famous all over the country. On the island, the mountains are undulating, the terrain is dangerous, and the coast is winding, forming many deep-water harbors. These harbors not only constitute magnificent natural scenery, but also are good havens for ships coming and going at sea. With a forest area of 9,8 hectares, Gimpo Island is one of several famous nature reserves in Vietnam, where many precious trees are growing and a variety of rare birds and animals are breeding. There are also many natural caves on the island, and there are many beaches around the island, which is a tourist spot with great development prospects.