The National Parks in Vietnam () are officially recognized by the

Government of Vietnam The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (; less formally the Vietnamese Government or the Government of Vietnam, ) is the Cabinet (government), cabinet and the central Executive (government), executive arm of the Politics of Vietn ...

through decrees. Normally, the national parks located in the territory of multiple provinces and cities are managed by the

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

, while the national parks located within the boundary of a province or city are managed by the People's Committee of the province or of the city. The national parks in Vietnam, stretching from the Northern borders to the Southern remote islands, are set up in order to protect the natural ecosystems, flora and fauna, diverse natural landscapes, such as the subtropical

rain forests Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropical rainforests o ...

, in Phia Oắc-Phia Đén, the sub-alpine subtropical forests, the evergreen tropical forests to the coastal

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

forests of

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, Cát Bà, and Mũi Cà Mau, and the

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forests on

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

in U Minh Thượng and U Minh Hạ.National Parks of Vietnam (World National Parks)
/ref> Currently, Vietnam has 34 national parks. Cúc Phương is the first national park and was established in 1966 in the area of 3 provinces: Ninh Bình,

Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of capital Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh Cit ...

and

Hòa Bình Hòa Bình (also written as ', lit. "peace") may refer to: Places in Vietnam * Hòa Bình Province, a province in the Northwest region * Hòa Bình City, the capital of Hòa Bình Province * Hòa Bình District, a rural district of Bạc Liêu Prov ...

. Meanwhile, the latest national park established is Song Thanh ( Sông Thanh), setup on December 18, 2020, located in Quảng Nam province. Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng is the national park with the largest area, while the mangrove forests in Xuân Thủy National Park are the national park with the smallest area.

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is the only national park in Vietnam recognized by

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as a

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(since 2003). In addition, part of

Bái Tử Long National Park Bai Tu Long Bay is a bay in Vietnam. It encompasses Bái Tử Long National Park. Bai Tu Long Bay is northeast of Hạ Long Bay. References Bays of Vietnam Geography of Quảng Ninh province Gulf of Tonkin {{Vietnam-stub ...

is also included in the World Heritage Site of

Hạ Long Bay Hạ Long Bay or Halong Bay (, ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả c ...

. Some other national parks are also on the tentative list of UNESCO Heritage sites, such as Cát Tiên and Cát Bà National Parks on

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, as well as

Ba Bể National Park Ba Bể National Park () is a reserve in Bắc Kạn Province, Northeast region of Vietnam, set up to protect a very murky lake (Ba Bể Lake) along with surrounding limestone and highland nevergreen forests. It is located about 240 kilometers ...

which is a part of the Ba Bể-Na Hang Natural Heritage site. Another proposed heritage site of Vietnam is

Con Moong Cave The Con Moong cave (Vietnamese: ''Hang Con Moong'', "beast" cave) is located in the Cúc Phương National Park, just south of Mọ village, in the Thanh Hóa Province, northern Vietnam. The Department of Culture has issued a certificate that dec ...

located in

Cúc Phương National Park Cúc Phương National Park () is located in Ninh Bình Province, in Vietnam's Red River Delta. Cuc Phuong was Vietnam's first Protected areas of Vietnam, national park and is the country's largest nature reserve. The park is one of the most impor ...

(already on the list).

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Vũ Quang Vũ ( 武) or Võ is a common Vietnamese surname that, through genealogy records, has been present in Vietnam since the 9th century. The Vũ surname originates from general Wǔ Hún (武浑) of the Tang Dynasty in Imperial China who was appointed ...

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Phước Bình Phước Bình may refer to several places in Vietnam: *, a ward of District 9, Ho Chi Minh City District 9 () is a former urban district (''quận'') of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population ...

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Côn Đảo The Côn Đảo ("Côn Island") are an archipelago of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam, and also a district () of this province. Geography Situated about from Vũng Tàu and from Ho Chi Minh City, the grou ...

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Phú Quốc Phú Quốc () is the largest island in Vietnam. Phú Quốc and nearby islands, along with the distant Thổ Chu Islands, are part of Kiên Giang Province as Phú Quốc City; Vietnam's first island municipality. The island has a total area o ...

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National parks A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

List of national parks in Vietnam

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