Baby turtles are released at Nui Chua National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuan. (Photo: VNA)
 
The event  was held in both online and offline forms in Nigeria. This marks the  first time an annual meeting of CIC-MAB has been organised in an African  country.
 
Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to  UNESCO, said Vietnam is now home to 9 biosphere reserves recognised by  UNESCO. If approved, Vietnam will have 11 biosphere reserves, becoming  one of the countries with the largest number of UNESCO-recognised  biosphere reserves.
It is also the first time since 2015 that Vietnam has had biosphere  reserves nominated for voting by UNESCO. The voting is scheduled to take  place on September 15.
The CIC-MAB, known as the governing body of the Man and the Biosphere  programme, comprises 34 member nations biennially elected by the UNESCO  General Assembly./.