Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at a specimen display in the Museum of Biology in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) A passionate researcher offreshwater fish, Emperor Akihito discovered a new species of white goby fish inthe world in a Can Tho River tributary when he was conducting his PhD essay onfish in the south of Vietnam in the 1970s. He presented a specimen of the fishto the museum in 1976.
Meanwhile, Onagadori is aspecious breed of chicken of Japan, which was a present of Prince Akishino forthe museum on August 17, 2012.
During the visit, part of theirongoing six-day State visit to Vietnam from February 28, Emperor Akihito andhis spouse showed interest in specimens of various animal and plant speciesdisplayed in the museum, especially rare ones.
Established in 1926 under theBiology Faculty of the Hanoi University of Technology, which is now theUniversity of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University, the Museumof Biology is the first of its kind in Indochina.
It is part of the VietnamNational Museum of Nature system, which is keeping and conserving hundreds ofthousands of specimens of animals and plants collected since the late 19th century, including those from different areas across the world, which are presentsfrom the heads of state, scientists and foreign museums. - VNA
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