Tram Chim became Vietnam's fourth Ramsar site

Tram Chim National Park will become Ramsar - a wetland of international importance for biology and conservation.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - director of Tram Chim National Park, Tam Dong District, Dong Thap Province - said that most of the members of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat have agreed to recognize the site as Ramsar. They are completing the final procedure to announce Tram Chim as the world Ramsar site.

Wetlands and birds in Tram Chim National Park.

With that event, Tram Chim will become the 4th Ramsar site in Vietnam, along with Xuan Thuy National Park in Nam Dinh, Bau Sau wetland in Dong Nai and Ba Be Lake area in Bac Kan.

Tram Chim National Park, which covers a total area of ​​7,588 ha, is one of the eight most important bird conservation areas in Vietnam today. Tram Chim has met 8 of the 9 standards of the Ramsar International Convention on wetlands. This is also one of eight most important bird regions of Vietnam and a place to maintain biodiversity for the whole of Dong Thap Muoi.

Tram Chim is home to over 100 species of vertebrate animals, 40 species of fish and 147 species of waterbirds, including 13 rare bird species of the world. The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) or cranes are one of the world's rare birds in Tram Chim.

'Joining the Ramsar list is a condition for the international community to know more about Tram Chim, since then conservation activities will be more effective,' said Hung.