On June 8, the Institute of Oceanography (Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa) opened the gallery of the Hoang Sa - Truong Sa island marine resources.
Attending the meeting were Mr. Nguyen Van Duc, Standing Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment; Mr. Pham Van Linh, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee's Propaganda Department ; Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and many leaders of central and local departments and agencies.
This is an activity on the World Ocean Day (June 8), World Environment Day (June 5) and Vietnam Sea and Island Week.
At the showroom will introduce historical documents and materials on scientific research in the Paracel and Spratly Islands; images and documents on the survey and research activities of the Institute of Oceanography in the seas and islands; samples of organisms, geology . collected in the sea and islands; some marine species living in the waters of the Paracel and Spratly Islands are domesticated and for artificial reproduction at the Institute of Oceanography .
Some pictures of galleries of Hoang Sa - Truong Sa island island resources:
The East Sea map was drawn by the Dutch in 1754
The round snout fish, the specimen collected in Truong Sa on August 25, 1994, weighs about
100kg, 2.1m long
Spotted tail fish caught in Truong Sa in 1998
The crumbs of the dead body's shells were collected in Changsha Island in 1989
Marine species living in the sea areas of the Paracel Islands and
Changsha was domesticated and for artificial reproduction at the Institute of Oceanography
A precious snail
Mushroom coral
Huge pearls, nearly 1 meter long, weigh 145 kg, samples collected in the sea
Truong Sa in April 1991
Fan-horn coral
Coral structures
