Quang Loi Lagoon

Quang Loi Lagoon is a brackish water lagoon in Quang Loi Commune, Quang Dien District, Hue City, forming the northern section of the Tam Giang – Cau Hai lagoon system, the largest brackish lagoon system in Southeast Asia. Notable for its calm waters, traditional stilt fishing huts, and aquaculture nets, it is a center of local fishing livelihoods and a popular sunrise photography destination offering tranquil rural wetland scenery.

Visitors can expect a wide, calm brackish lagoon surrounded by fishing villages, bamboo fish traps, stilt huts and aquaculture farms. The landscape is flat and open with expansive water views, especially at sunrise and sunset. Visitors can take small wooden boat rides through the lagoon, observe local fishermen casting nets, photograph the reflective water and rustic structures, and experience a quiet rural environment away from urban Hue.

Quang Loi Lagoon is part of the Tam Giang – Cau Hai lagoon system, historically formed as a coastal lagoon along central Vietnam and long used for fishing and aquaculture. The lagoon has supported settlement and livelihoods in Quang Dien District for generations and remains a key component of the region's traditional brackish-water economy.

The lagoon reflects the traditional fishing culture of Hue's coastal communities, with stilt houses, fish corrals, and net fishing techniques passed down through generations. It is associated with local aquaculture practices and daily life of fishing villages, and is valued as a scenic cultural landscape representing rural Hue.