Con Dao Island used to be known for its highly strict jail system during the war period. In fact, it acquired the infamous monicker “Hell on Earth” because of such fact. But today, the island off the mainland of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is gaining popularity for a different and much better reason, its promising […]
In its mission to monitor its marine and island environmental resources, Vietnam has released a partial result of spatial database on its seas and islands. The database is composed of multi-temporal spatial images of all the territorial waters of Vietnam including Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The new database highlights the following […]
Con Dao National Park was formally rewarded the title of International Wetland Area and Vietnam’s first sea Ramsar Site by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat. It is the 2,203rdRamsar Site in the world and Vietnam’s sixth. Con Dao National Park is located at the Southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, or about 80 kilometers off […]