Con Dao National Park in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province recently received the Heritage Tree designation, and a Vietnam record for the Hon Trung seabird nesting ground, on the occasion of Vietnam Forestry Day (November 28, 1959-2024).
Hon Trung is a small, barren island of nearly 2 hectares, but it is a key habitat for rare seabirds such as black-nape terns, great crested terns, and white-bellied seagulls.
Surveys have found an average of nearly 5 eggs per square meter on the islet.
Con Dao National Park boasts 1,077 plant species and 155 animal species, exemplifying the tropical island ecosystem with diverse forest types such as evergreen, semi-deciduous, bamboo, and mangrove forests.
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| Hon Trung bird sanctuary has become a habitat and breeding ground for many rare bird species. (Photo: VNA) |
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| Volunteers have assisted the Con Dao National Park's Forest Rangers in conservation efforts for sea turtles, such as monitoring, safely relocating 424 nests with 44,006 eggs, successfully releasing 12,238 hatchling turtles into the sea, filling in turtle nesting areas, and cleaning the turtle egg incubation ponds... (Photo: VNA) |
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| Hon Trung Bird Sanctuary, Con Dao National Park. (Photo: VNA) |
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| Seabird nesting site in Con Dao national park. (Photo: VNA) |
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| Young birds - Brown Booby. (Photo: VNA) |
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| Hon Trung, Con Dao national park. (Photo: VNA) |
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| The Vietnam Record Organization awarded a certificate recognizing Hon Trung as the seabird sanctuary with the highest reproductive density in Vietnam to the Con Dao National Park Management Board. (Photo: VNA) |
