1. Which island district has the most heritage trees in Vietnam? Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau)
Phu Quy (Binh Thuan)
Con Co (Quang Tri) Con Dao district has 53 ancient eagle trees honored by the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Nature and Environment (VACNE) as a Vietnam Heritage Tree. According to the website VACNE, the Con Dao eagle trees honored are located on Ton Duc Thang street (19 trees), Le Duan street (11 trees), Phu Hai camp relics (8 trees), Phu Son camp relics (7 trees). trees), relics of Lord Island (8 trees). The old trees in Con Dao have an average age of about 130-150 years. Image: Viet Tuong . 2. A specialty of Con Dao from eagle? Eagle nut jam
Bang leaf jam
Eagle jam Bang nut jam, or eagle nut, is a unique specialty in Con Dao. The process of separating the nuts is quite a feat. People roast eagle seeds on low heat, stir well. Visitors can choose either salted roasted almonds or sugared almonds. Image: Aquarius . 3. Which of the following is correct about the island district of Con Dao? There are the most communes in the country
There is no commune-level administrative unit
Only wards, no communes Con Dao district currently does not have a commune-level administrative unit. Some other island districts in the country are similar, not divided into communes, such as Con Co (Quang Tri), Bach Long Vi (Hai Phong), Ly Son (Quang Ngai)… Photo: Khanh Huyen. 4. Con Dao Prison was ranked as a special national relic in which year? 1992
2002
2012 With outstanding historical, cultural and scientific values, Con Dao Prison was ranked as a special national relic in 2012. Belonging to this relic, there are the Dao Lord’s house, the jetty, the Ma Thien Lanh bridge, the prison, Hang Duong cemetery… Photo: Kaley Childs Karaffa . 5. Where in Con Dao has activities to raise, hatch and release sea turtles to the wild? Nui Chua National Park
Con Dao National Park
Ben En National Park Con Dao National Park is known for raising, hatching and releasing the most sea turtles in Vietnam. According to information introduced in the garden, 2 species of sea turtles with large numbers living and spawning here every year are turtles and tortoiseshell. Visitors to Con Dao National Park can also participate in this meaningful activity. Image: Duy Hieu . 6. A temple in Con Dao? Van Dai Temple
Hai Son Temple
Van Son Temple Coming to Con Dao, visitors can visit Van Son Tu, also known as Nui Mot Pagoda. In addition to worshiping and worshiping Buddha, the pagoda is also a beautiful place to watch the immense bay in Con Dao, enjoy the relaxing and quiet natural space. Image: Thanh Tung . 7. In addition to Con Dao district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, how many district-level administrative units are there? 7, including 1 city, 2 towns, 4 districts
7, including 2 cities, 2 towns, 3 districts
7, including 2 cities, 1 town, 4 districts In addition to Con Dao district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, there are also Ba Ria city (provincial capital) and Vung Tau city, Phu My town, and 4 districts: Chau Duc, Dat Do, Long Dien, Xuyen Moc. Image: Doan Khanh . The beauty of Con Dao resort paradise Besides historical value, Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau) is also loved by tourists for its unique natural beauty. You can visit Dam Trau beach, Shark Cape, Lo Voi beach…

Volunteers in Con Dao and scientists transplant coral corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast Master Nguyen Cong Danh, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, Chairman of the Advisory Council evaluating and accepting the project implementation results, chaired the meeting. The waters of Con Dao have marine biodiversity among the first in Vietnam with coral reefs playing an important role. Recent research shows that many Con Dao coral reefs have recovered quite well after being degraded. However, some reefs cannot recover from degradation or have narrow areas due to the lack of hard bottoms for coral growth. Therefore, the issue of restoring hard corals was proposed by Con Dao National Park and approved by the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. The Management Board of Con Dao National Park has cooperated with Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography to implement the project “Selection of applied models of hard coral recovery in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park”. The project is implemented from May 2018 to April 2021 to restore and regenerate coral reefs affected by natural disasters but cannot restore naturally. The project has a common goal of restoring and managing a number of coral reefs in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park with community participation with 2 specific objectives: assessment of resilience and management of the reef. Ramsar Coral Park Con Dao National Park on the basis of coral reef status analysis and application of restoration techniques; building models of planting and restoring coral reefs in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park (scale of 3 ha) and managing coral reef ecosystems to regenerate aquatic resources, protect the environment, and serve tourism. marine ecology. The project has 6 identified contents, including site selection survey, determining the scale of hard corals restoration in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park; assess the current status of coral reefs in the selected area before and after the rehabilitation, building a set of criteria for evaluating the restoration results; train community awareness on conservation and training skills in coral reef restoration for local officials and communities. The project also restored reefs on natural bottoms and artificial victim modeling; monitor and supervise the trend of change, the development ability of the recovered corals, the biological resources at the recovery location; building procedures for restoration, scale for the care and protection of hard corals. The members participating in the project to install iron piles as a permanent support for corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast Deputy Director of Con Dao National Park Tran Dinh Hue said, based on the survey results, the implementation team has chosen the method of restoring corals on the natural bottom (which used to be coral but degraded) and artificial bottom (previously no corals). On an artificial bottom, corals were recovered by group fragmentation according to Heeger & Sotto and Edwards’ recovery instructions. For an artificial substrate, the coral groups are fixed on an arched concrete platform with a diameter of 100x60cm (2 bottoms), 80cm high, 5cm thick, with 8-10 holes (10 – 15 cm) to increase coral immobilization and facilitate habitat entry. The total number of concrete tanks as artificial substrates in this project is 150 tanks. For natural substrates, coral conglomerate fragments are fixed directly on dead corals by wire or drawstring. To create strength, use iron stakes or steel nails mounted on the dead coral foundation as a permanent support for the coral. The average distance between colonies is about 0.50 – 1 meter with the way that the corals are vertically oriented and the most contact with the substrate is dead coral or iron piles. In addition, the “transplanted” coral branches are tagged to facilitate periodic inspection. Seven corals of three genera Acropora, Montipora, Pocillopora and two families Acroporidae and Pocilloporidae were selected for restoration. A detailed assessment of the current bottom status of the coral restoration area after restoration in September 2020 shows that the average coverage of hard corals at 3 points of Bai Cat Lon, Hon Tai, Dat Doc increased from 1. , 5 to 12%. This proves that restoring hard corals in degraded reef areas or creating coral recovery media on the bottom both creates conditions for the growth of corals and landscaping for living creatures. According to the assessment, in September 2020, the average density of coral reefs in the coral rehabilitation areas in Con Dao ranged from 175 to 752 individuals / 100 m2. The project has achieved its overall goal of restoring and managing a number of hard coral reefs in Con Dao National Park ramsar with community participation. During the period from October 2018 to September 2020, the project organized 5 rounds of hard coral assessment and restoration in 3 areas, including Dat Doc, Southwest Hon Tai and Bai Cat Lon. A total of over 6,000 pieces of the coral group were relocated and fixed on an area of ​​3 hectares, 1 hectare each. For corals recovered on natural bottoms in Dat Doc and southwest of Hon Tai (over 4,400 groups), the average survival rate of 5 recovered corals including Acropora grandis, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora robusta, Acropora millepora and Acropora formosa are 82.1% and 82.9%, respectively. Meanwhile, the artificial bottom restoration of concrete tanks (over 1,600 groups) had a higher survival rate (85.6% for the 3 species of Acropora grandis, Acropora robusta and Acropora formosa). Some hard corals of beautiful shapes and colors also provide 100% survival. The average monthly growth rates of the three species of Acropora formosa, Acropora robusta and Acropora grandis in Dat Doc were 0.82cm, 0.89cm and 0.5cm, respectively. For the Hon Tai area, the average monthly growth rates of these three species are 0.81cm, 0.62cm and 0.47cm, respectively. On the artificial substrate, the average growth rate of Acropora formosa was higher than that of Acropora grandis with 0.88 cm / month and 0.74 cm / month, respectively. These values ​​indicate that the recovered branch corals in Con Dao were well developed. Volunteers in Con Dao and scientists transplant coral corals on the natural bottom. Photo: VNA broadcast According to Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Director of Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography, Con Dao coral suffers many disasters, but fortunately, the natural regeneration of the coral reefs is very good, the coral cover is high. . In the near future, Con Dao National Park needs to strengthen the management of coral reefs, establish coral conservation zones to create conditions for marine life to live, develop and spread to the natural environment; mobilize by means of socialization of tourism businesses for the community to join hands in both exploiting aquatic resources and protecting, cultivating and exploiting aquatic products in a sustainable manner. The project has contributed to improving 3 reef areas, increasing coral coverage, increasing sustainable attachment prices for regenerating corals and creating a stable environment for development of the reef biome. The project has met the most basic criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of restorative corals including: survival rate, growth rate of coral colonies and habitat characteristics of the rehabilitation zone such as change. changes in the coverage of the benthic components, the emergence of species of economic and ecological value, an increase in density as well as the size of the reef biome. Through training and hands-on training, the project has supported Con Dao National Park to improve capacity and from now on Con Dao National Park Management Board can organize hard coral restoration with on-site human resources. employees and partners from the local community. After the meeting, the Advisory Council assessed, accepted and accepted the satisfactory evaluation of the project “Selecting the application model of hard corals recovery at ramsar, Con Dao National Park” with the consensus of all all 9 out of 9 scientific members join the Council. After transferring the project to the beneficiary of Con Dao National Park, the authorities encourage businesses to join the management of coral reef restoration for tourism, creating Artificial reefs in deep sea areas to develop adventure tourism.

The coral reefs in Con Dao waters have been recovered after the “catastrophe”. RECOVERY 7 TYPES OF MARRIES Con Dao sea area is considered to be the place with the highest marine biodiversity in Vietnam with coral reefs playing an important role. However, since 1997, the coral in Con Dao sea has developed slowly, in many places, the coral has died and bleached. Therefore, the Provincial People’s Committee “ordered” Con Dao National Park and Institute of Oceanography project “Selection of applied models of hard coral restoration in ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park”. Associate Professor – Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Former Director of Institute of Oceanography (Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province) – project manager, said that the coral reef restoration was done in 3 areas: Dat Doc, Southwest of Hon Tai (recovered on natural bottoms) and Bai Cat (restored on artificial bottoms). Rehabilitation activities include: assessment of current conditions, removal and fixation of corals, and monitoring of survival and growth (conducted 5 turns over a 2 year period). Accordingly, there are 7 types of corals belonging to 3 varieties: Acopora, Montipora and Pocillopora selected to be restored in the waters of Con Dao. In addition, some types with beautiful shapes and colors such as Echinophyllia echinoporoides, Oxypora glabra, Echinophyllia cehinoporoides were also tested to create diverse habitats for ecotourism. In the coral restoration area on the artificial bottom, the scientists split the pieces and then fixed the corals to 150 dome-shaped concrete tanks. In areas with natural bottoms to ensure good coral growth, scientists make direct fixings on dead corals by wire or drawstring. To make sure, the group used a 35cm iron pole or 10cm steel nail mounted on the dead coral foundation as a support. Talking about the project implementation process, Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Si Tuan said that the project team of up to 20 people (including scientists from Nha Trang, Con Dao National Park staff and fishermen) is not concerned. day and night, wind waves to work both on the sea and under the ocean. In particular, the hardest thing is to bring 150 dome-shaped concrete tanks of 100x60cm size to the sea. After being manufactured in Con Dao, these 150 tanks were implemented by the team implementing the project to rent a crane to Ben Dam port. From here, it takes 25 more boat trips to transport these concrete tanks to Hon Bay Canh. Dozens of healthy fishermen were mobilized to bring the concrete tub to Cat Lon beach (Hon Bay Canh) and put it in the right position (distance from 0.5-1m). According to Mr. Tran Dinh Hue, Deputy Director of Con Dao National Park, the agency in charge of the project, said that he has accompanied the scientists of the Institute of Oceanography during 2 years of implementing the project. The project is carried out entirely on the sea, under the ocean, so it is very difficult, depends a lot on weather factors. “Sometimes, when we are implementing the work, the weather is unfavorable, the waves are strong, the wind is strong, we have to stay 10 days before we can continue to deploy”, Mr. Hue said. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT After 2 years (from October 2018 to September 2020), implementing an experimental coral restoration in Con Dao waters showed that corals have recovered well. Specifically, according to a detailed assessment of the current status of the bottom of the coral restoration area in September 2020, it shows that the amount of coral has been significantly improved through the coverage data of living corals. Accordingly, in Bai Cat Lon area, the coverage of hard corals varies from 0-13.1%. Hon Tai area The coverage of hard corals increased from 3.8% to 13.1%. Similarly for the Dat Doc area the coverage of hard corals increased from 0.6% to 10%. Thus, after 2 years of restoring corals, coverage of average hard corals at the three recovery points increased from 1.5 to 12% with the number of more than 4,400 coral groups restored on the natural bottom and 1,600 coral groups have been restored on the man-made reef. Mr. Nguyen Cong Danh, Director of the Department of Science and Technology, said the project “Selecting an application model for recovery of hard corals in the ramsar area of ​​Con Dao National Park” is an experimental project of great significance to the province and country. In particular, coral rehabilitation and development for the Con Dao ramsar area has achieved the main goal of improving coral reefs by increasing coral cover, increasing the cost of sustainable attachment for corals. restore and create a stable environment for the development of the coral reef biomes. From there, contributing to biodiversity conservation and restoration of natural resources, improving the quality of the ecosystem.

Dam Trau Beach, Con Dao, Vietnam

Along with the strong economic development, Vietnam’s beaches have become great destinations not only for domestic tourists but also for international friends.

Besides other forms of tourism, natural beaches in every country are developing extremely strongly and are one of the most popular destinations.

Travel + Leisure travel website announced 25 most beautiful beaches in the world, of which Dam Trau beach, Con Dao, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province ranked 18th.

Travel + Leisure Magazine based in New York (USA) is a leading prestigious travel & experience review site. Recently, Travel + Leisure had an article announcing the 25 most beautiful beaches in the world by 2021, a representative of Vietnam reached this top.

Not Phu Quoc, Ha Long or Nha Trang, this only representative of Vietnam in the top 25 most beautiful beaches in the world also surprised many people because they could rarely be heard.

Dam Trau beach is located very close to Co Ong airport, on the outer edge of Con Dao National Park and about 14km from Con Dao town.

That is Dam Trau beach, in the waters of Con Dao, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Dam Trau beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Con Dao. Its wonderful natural landscape always makes anyone admire when arriving.

Dam Trau Beach is located very close to Co Ong airport, on the outer edge of Con Dao National Park, known as the most beautiful beach on this island. From Dam Trau beach one can see the plane landing, providing a 1-0-2 experience.

From Dam Trau beach you can see the plane landing, giving visitors a 1-0-2 experience.

The road to Dam Trau beach is about 15km from the center of Con Dao. However, with the beautiful sea supply, this only slightly far distance brings great advantages. Coastal roads with sunlight and clear blue sea always attract everyone’s eyes.

The scene is picturesque. Surrounded by a C-shaped pass, one side is a cliff and in the middle are rows of trees stretching to cover the ball. The beach is smooth yellow and the beach is emerald green.

Tourism experts say that choosing the most beautiful beach in Vietnam is a difficult task, but Dam Trau beach, Con Dao is a top name:

“With clear golden sand, soft strips of soil, and shady bamboo groves and evergreen trees, this is a good place for you to spend the day swinging in a beach hammock reading and walking below Fresh coconut goods. From the beach, commercial planes can be seen landing from a nearby airport, bringing temporary excitement (or disruption) to tourists.

This is known as the most beautiful beach on this island.

In the list of the 25 most beautiful beaches in the world voted by Travel + Leisure, 3 other representatives in Asia are also named including Railay West (Krabi, Thailand), Saud (Luzon, Philippines) and Radhanagar (India). Degree).

Previously, Hoi An was ranked by Travel + Leisure as the most beautiful city in the world. In 2020, The Reverie Saigon is also ranked 57th in the top 100 hotels in the world by this magazine.