A rescue and conservation centre was opened in Hoang Lien
National Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on
August 28.
The Hoang Lien centre is part of the park’s biodiversity conservation and rescue project.
The centre is entrusted with the tasks of rescuing, protecting and
breeding plant and animal species; providing advice on rescue and
conservation measures; establishing a biodiversity database; and
increasing international cooperation in the field of conservation.
Nguyen
Quang Vinh, Director of the Hoang Lien National Park , said the
establishment of the centre is particularly important since the park was
given an “A” rating – the highest rating possible – by the Global
Environment Fund for the value of its biodiversity.
Hoang
Lien National Park comprises the communes of San Sa Ho, Lao Chai, Ta
Van and Ban Ho in Lao Cai province’s district of Sa Pa, as well as part
of Than Uyen district in Lai Chau province.
The 30,000ha large national park was recognised by the ASEAN
Secretariat as a regional heritage site in 2006.
The park is surrounded
by a buffer zone of 38,724ha, which borders a number of communes in the
districts of Van Ban, Than Uyen and Phong Tho in Lai Chau province.
Locating
in the heart of Hoang Lien National Park is Mount Fansipan .
At 3,143m, Fansipan is the highest in Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia
, and is therefore referred to as the “Roof of Indochina”.-VNA