Honoring the two individuals who discovered Son Doong Cave

On the afternoon of May 6, Mr. Truong An Ninh, Chief of Office of the Quang Binh Provincial People's Committee, said that the President had just signed a decision to award the Third Class Labor Medal to Mr. Ho Khanh (the discoverer of Son Doong Cave) and Mr. Howard Limbert (British Royal cave exploration expert).

"King of the cave" Ho Khanh.

Mr. Ho Khanh is the discoverer of Son Doong Cave - the largest cave in the world (150m wide, 200m high and 7.3km long); he has helped expeditions explore many caves, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality. Mr. Ho Khanh is known as a "cave king".

Mr. Howard Limbert (cave exploration expert, British Royal Cave Association) is a person who has made many contributions to discovering, researching, exploring and promoting the cave system in the World Natural Heritage Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park to the world.

Mr. Howard Limbert.

In 1991, Mr. Ho Khanh (in Phong Nha village, Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh) on a trip to find agarwood in the World Natural Heritage forest of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park encountered a strange cave. When he approached, he clearly felt a cool breeze blowing out of the cave, the sound of the wind whistling through the cliff was chilling.

In 2006, when Mr. Howard Limbert and his wife heard the above information, they went to Mr. Ho Khanh to learn about this "strange" cave. In early 2008, after many days of climbing the forest, crossing the river, climbing steep cliffs to explore, Mr. Ho Khanh and Mr. Howard Limbert discovered Son Doong Cave - the largest cave in the world.

According to Dan Tri