They were among 22 reserves across the world voted at a session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme, which was held in Nigeria from September 13-17. With the recognition, Vietnam has a total of 11 biosphere reserves, becoming a country with the second largest number of biosphere reserves in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia, which has 19 biosphere reserves.

Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve covers a total area of more than 100 thousand hectares and has a typical and unique dry forest ecosystem in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It is one of the 200 globally important ecological regions and one of the highest conservation priority areas of all major habitat types on Earth.

Visitors explore the forest ecosystem at Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve. (Photo: VNA)
Mangrove trees are planted to recover Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve’s ecosystem.(Photo: VNA)
Sao Hoa rocks – the ancient coral reef dating back millions of years at Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve (Photo:VNA)
Coral reef at Nui Chua Biosphere Reseve (Photo: VNA)
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Untouched beauty of Hang Rai tourism site at Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve (Photo: VNA)
Sea turtles are released back into the nature at Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve. (Photo: VNA)
Black-shanked douc langurs are a rare wild animal living at Nui Chua Biosphere Reserve in Ninh Thuan province.(Photo: VNA)
Boasting rich biodiversity, Nui Chua is an attractive destination for scientists.(Photo: VNA)

Kon Ha Nung Plateau Biosphere Reserve is located in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, covering a total area of more than 400 thousand hectars. The reserve has a closed subtropical humid evergreen forest ecosystem which remains relatively intact. It boasts high biodiversity, typical for forest ecosystem, forest flora and fauna in the Central Highlands.

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The fauna and flora are diverse and abundant (Photo: VOV)
There are some recently discovered endemic species such as chestnut-eared laughingthrush (Garrulax konkakinhensis) and the grey-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) (Photo: VOV)
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There are 12 waterfalls, over 15m high, in Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserve (Photo:VOV)
Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserve is a popular tourist attraction. (Photo: nld.com.vn)