The rescue operation was carried out by the forces of the Con Dao National Park Management Board in cooperation with Con Dao Resort Company, following separate discoveries on the morning of May 7 along Dat Doc beach within the Six Senses Con Dao resort.

About 30 sea turtles hatched on a beach in Nhon Hai commune of Quy Nhon city, the south central province of Binh Dinh, on July 8 under the close supervision of a group of local volunteers, reported the Binh Dinh online newspaper.

An art installation has been creating documenting the journey of sea turtles from birth to their return to lay eggs.

A campaign named “Save The Ocean” was launched on Con Dao island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 8 to raise fund for habitat conservation of sea turtles.

The sea turtle nesting season has started at the Con Dao National Park, the first in Vietnam to have successfully carried out a turtle conservation programme.

The Con Dao National Park in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau released 122,867 baby turtles into the ocean between January and September.

A 3kg hawksbill turtle, a rare species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam, was released into the sea in the south central province of Binh Dinh on April 13.

Sea turtles (Chelonioidea) are rare and endangered animals which are facing a risk of extinction on a global scale and are being protected by many countries around the world, including Vietnam.

The Nui Chua National Park in the south central province of Ninh Thuan is among the rare destinations in Vietnam where sea turtles lay their eggs.

Over 1,500 baby sea turtles have been released into the sea at Nui Chua National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuan in the first 10 months of this year, rising 36 percent year on year.

The Vietnamese Government has engaged in various international commitments to enhance management and preserve vulnerable and endangered marine turtles, said Director General of the Directorate of Fisheries Tran Dinh Luan on October 21.

The Foreign Ministry of Thailand took a group of foreign ambassadors and their spouses on a field trip to study the royal initiative projects in Phang Nga province, southern Thailand.

Con Dao National Park in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been working hard to conserve sea turtles for years, becoming an ideal nesting destination for the rare species in Vietnam.

A group of 500 volunteers from the group for Ly Son No Plastic Waste and local islanders joined a beach clean-up activity on March 8.

As many as 12 turtles were released back into the ocean in Phu Quoc island district of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on October 26.

A marine project is underway in the central province of Quang Nam to save sea turtles as part of a local effort to protect the biodiversity in Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island) Marine Protected Area (MPA).