The Chair of the Vietnam Association for Nature and Environmental Protection, Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, said that recognizing these trees as a part of our national heritage is an activity to celebrate Hanoi’s millennial anniversary and the International Year on Biodiversity.
The trees have become national heritage items after Voi Phuc Temple’s manager Nguyen Van Tung sent the record of these trees to the Vietnam Association for Nature and Environment Protection and asked them to strictly protect and specially take care of these trees on September 24 2010.
The nine trees at Voi Phuc Temple are around 700 years old. They are from 17 to 29m high, with trunk diameters from 2.92m to 5.2m. The trees are considered witnesses of history Thang Long-Hanoi.
Besides the nine ancient mango trees, a few other ancient trees throughout the country are also recognized as national heritage items.