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Scientists complete collection of sea creature specimens in southern Vietnam

Scientists from the Institute of Oceanography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have completed a collection of more than 20,000 specimens of sea creatures, with many new creatures discovered for the first time in Vietnamese waters or entirely new species.
Scientists complete collection of sea creature specimens in southern Vietnam ảnh 1Coral reefs in Ninh Thuan province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Scientists from the Institute of Oceanography under the VietnamAcademy of Science and Technology have completed a collection of more than 20,000 specimensof sea creatures, with many new creatures discovered for the first time inVietnamese waters or entirely new species.

This is the result of the component project “Developing acollection of marine creature specimens in the South of Vietnam” of theNational Project on Building a National Collection of Natural CreatureSpecimens.

Deputy Director of the Institute of Oceanography Hoang XuanBen, who is responsible for directing the project, said that this is alarge-scale and long-lasting project.

The project aims to obtain a set of specimens of about 50percent of all marine species in the southern region for display and researchthat meet the standards of the Vietnam National Museum of Nature, andcontribute to completing the collection of marine specimens of the nationalcollection of natural specimens for research and display.

It also targets improving the research capacity and the skill of classifying sea creatures to support researchon biodiversity to serve conservation and education on marine environment./.

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