Con Dao National Park actually started protecting sea turtles in 1991. Statistics from the park show that about 750,000 baby turtles have been released into the sea in the past five years.
A marine project is underway in the central province of Quang Nam to save sea turtles as part of a local effort to protect the biodiversity in Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island) Marine Protected Area (MPA).
The management board of the Con Dao National Park in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has sent a dossier to the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature an Environment (VACNE), asking for the recognition of its three ancient trees as Vietnam heritage trees.
Vietnam is striving to develop sea and island tourism to drive the sea-based economy forward, thus turning itself into a rich and strong marine nation.
Preservation workers at the Nui Chua National Park, the south central province of Ninh Thuan, have released more than 900 young sea turtles to sea since June.
El Nino-triggered coral bleaching has spread to approximately one fourth of coral reef areas across waters around Con Dao Islands off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau since March.
The Con Dao National Park in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is the
first place in Vietnam to successfully implement a sea turtle
conservation and rescue programme through numerous efforts taken since
1987, greatly contributing to the action strategies on biodiversity of
the country and the region.
Con Dao National Park is implementing a number of biodiversity
conversation strategies that will have a global and national impact,
Tran Dinh Hue, Vice Director of the park, said.
A ceremony in recognition of Con Dao National Park as an
international wetlands area took place on October 31, according to the
People’s Committee of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
The picturesque Con Dao national park in the southern coastal
province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been internationally recognised as
Vietnam’s first ever sea Ramsar site, according to the Ramsar
Convention.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held recently for a new memorial area
honouring martyr Vo Thi Sau, a national heroine who fought against the
French colonialists and was executed by them on an island in the Con Dao
archipelago in the southeastern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu
Trong has asked the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Con
Dao island to define proper ways to build the island into a high-quality
service and eco-tourism zone.
