Documents Awareness - Knowledge
logo
OTHER NEWS

Kien Giang focuses on eco-tourism in U Minh Thuong National Park

28 March 2019 | 04:45:00 PM

The southern province of Kien Giang is carrying out a project to develop eco-tourism in U Minh Thuong National Park for 2019-2020 with a vision to 2030, with a total investment of over 150 billion VND (6.46 million USD).

 


U Minh Thuong National Park became the eighth Ramsar site in Vietnam and the 2,228th in the world in 2016
(Photo: VNA)

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Anh Nhin said that the project aims to preserve natural resources and bio-diversity, while making the most appropriate use of the forest’s potential so as to develop eco-tourism and environmental education in U Minh Thuong National Park.

Through the project, the province will gradually complete the infrastructure system in the park and establish attractive tours to make U Minh Thuong one of the outstanding national parks in the Mekong Delta region and the world.

Located in An Minh Bac and Minh Thuan communes of U Minh Thuong district, the park has a total area of 21,107 ha, including a 8,038-ha core zone; a 13,069-ha buffer zone; 365 ha of preventative forest and 2,728 ha of production forest; and 9,976 ha of farming land, aquaculture area, and land for other purposes.

The park, home to various rare flora and fauna species, is considered a large natural museum on the submerged ecosystem.

In 1994, the U Minh Thuong cajuput forest became the U Minh Thuong Nature Reserve. Three years later, it was officially recognised as a national relic site. The U Minh Thuong National Park was established in 2002. It was recognised as the fifth ASEAN Heritage Park in Vietnam and the first ASEAN Heritage Park located on peatland in the region in 2012, as well as the eighth Ramsar site in Vietnam and the 2,228th in the world in 2016.

In recent years, the national park has come to be known as an attractive eco-tourist destination in the Mekong Delta region.

According to the national park’s Deputy Director Nguyen Van Cuong, it welcomed 63,180 visitors in 2018, up 5 percent year-on-year. In the first few months of 2019, over 15,000 tourists visited the park.

The park has paid attention to diversifying and increasing the quality of its tourism products, with the aim of serving over 70,000 visitors this year.

 

Source: VNA

Views: 2161

Other news

HCM City youths join volunteer activities in Laos

(15/06/2025 10:02:AM )

Nha Trang Bay turtle egg-laying area proposed

(27/10/2022 07:46:AM )

Wild elephant appears near Nghe An tourist spot

(27/08/2022 08:07:AM )

Dak Lak Province authorities look for ways to protect the region's elephant number

(11/08/2022 08:18:AM )

Ninh Binh national park receives more rare animals

(04/06/2022 08:13:AM )

World Meteorological Day 2022 stresses role of early warning, early action

(24/03/2022 09:11:AM )

Climate change set as Vietnam-US strategic cooperation area

(02/03/2022 07:26:AM )

“Art for the environment” event launched in Hoi An

(22/02/2022 08:47:AM )

Railway through Central of Vietnam listed among six amazing Asia train journeys

(19/01/2022 07:55:AM )

VIDEO

Environmental Sustainability - we have choices

See more

ENVIRONMENT BRAND

UPCOMING EVENTS
The project that won the First Prize in the...

(VACNE, 17/6/2025) - The topic: “Artificial Wood Production from Straw” by the group of contestants Straw Wood, from Tra Vinh University, has just won the championship of the GVB Prize Startup Competition 2025 in London (United Kingdom) on June 15, 2025.

See more
The first Green Cypress to be recognized...

(VACNE) – These are 2 green cypress trees more than 300 years old with chemical name Calocedrus macrolepis Kurz solemnly held by Ba Vi National Park Management Board to announce the decision of Vietnam Heritage Tree on the morning of February 27, 2024.

See more
Some pictures of the ceremony to recognize...

(VACNE) – N(VACNE) – Authorities, mass organizations and local communities solemnly received the Certificate of Recognition of Vietnamese Heritage Trees for two majestic Sanh trees (nearly 30 meters high, more than 200 years old) in Trieu Phu communal house, in zone 7, Hung Son town, Lam Thao district, Phu Tho province on April 22, 2023 on the occasion of Hung King's death anniversary.

See more
Media contributes to the success of the international...

(VACNE) - On March 21, 2022, the Organizing Committee of the International workshop "The Effects of Environmental Pollution on Biodiversity and Human Health" had a meeting, chaired by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Sinh - VACNE President

See more
ADB finances climate resilience infrastructure...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts with large ethnic minority communities.

See more
PHOTO GALLERY