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Marines who work as navigators help vessels on working trips to the Truong Sa archipelago travel on the right course and avoid coral reefs.

Visitors can enjoy the beauty of coral reefs when traveling to the central coastal region and even touch them. The season for open-air coral reefs in the region is from the fourth to the sixth lunar month, when tides are at their lowest on days of the full moon and during sunset on the first day of the lunar month.

The Hon Yen national tourist site in An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy Hoa district in Phu Yen province is home to 17 coral species. As they were formed on volcanic sediment, the coral boasts a unique charm compared to other species in coastal localities. As the coral is located near the shore, it is exposed during low tides.

The central province of Khanh Hoa is planning to suspend dive tourism activities in vulnerable coral reef areas in Nha Trang Bay in the face of reef degradation there.

Saving the coral reefs in Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area from massive bleaching is a priority that requires a long-term, scientific and sustainable strategy, scientists and oceanographers have said.

Climate change, tourism development, and excessive maritime exploitation have negatively affected coral reefs in some coastal areas of Quy Nhon city in Binh Dinh province. The city last year assigned four community-based organisations to co-manage and protect the coral reefs.

In a bid to protect coral reefs and marine ecosystems, authorities in south-central Binh Dinh province, last year, set aside four areas of coral reefs to be managed by local organisations and communities.

The central province of Ninh Thuan has considered the conservation and sustainable development of marine biodiversity and the rational exploitation of marine resources as one of the priority tasks in its socio-economic development strategy, given the province's rich biodiversity with hundreds of marine species of economic and conservation value.

The south central province of Ninh Thuan is stepping up efforts to conserve marine bio-diversity and seafood resources, which play an important part in its socio- economic development.

The Management Board of the Cham Island Marine Protected Area in Hoi An city in central Quang Nam province finished a clean-up of the seabed to protect coral reefs in the waters of Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands) on March 8 after a couple of days.

The Phu Quoc marine protected area (MPA), part of the Phu Quoc National Park, is located in the waters of Phu Quoc island district, the southern province of Kien Giang. It was established in 2007, and is among 11 marine protected areas in Vietnam at present.

Corals reefs only emerge on the water surface from May to the end of July, especially on the 1st and the 15th day of lunar months when the tide is low and the coral reefs are clearly visible on the sea water surface, creating beautiful scenery.

Less tourism activities and waste around the Cham Islands – a world biodiversity reserve site – would help the marine ecosystem in waters off the islands recover after the two-month social distancing order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said on May 17 that ships will not be allowed to enter Maya Bay from now on, except from the back.

Keeping the Con Dao National Park clean and conserving biodiversity is the top priority for its management board.

The landscape cluster of Hon Yen in the central coastal province of Phu Yen was recognised as a national relic site in April 2018. This is an ideal destination for seeing coral reefs.

The pristine scenery in Lan Ha Bay, Cat Ba is difficult to find anywhere else. Soft sandy beaches stretching between two rocky mountains and light waves all made such ideal beaches for visitors.

Con Dao National Park is one of the most popular coral reef diving destinations in Vietnam. With coral cover of about 65 percent, it has some of the most gorgeous jagged coral reefs in the country.

The landscape cluster of Hon Yen was recognised as a national relic site in April 2018. However, over-exploitation of tourism.has harmed the ecosystem in the area.

Coral reefs have been revived on an area of 2,000sq.m in water off the Cham Island Maritime Protected Area (MPA) after a pilot project that ran from 2015-17.