Last updated: Saturday, October 29, 2011
A corner of Lake Nui Mot
Nui Mot was a small lake nestling in a valley of the An Truong Mountains until the late 1970s, when a dam was built downstream to create a 1,200-hectare irrigation reservoir that snakes its way back through the high country.
Still called Nui Mot, the largest...
Last updated: Saturday, July 16, 2011
Vietnamese and foreign scientists continue to disagree about the deity’s species and sex
A giant soft-shell turtle considered a sacred symbol of Vietnamese independence being guided into a cage for a health check by handlers at Hoan Kiem Lake, in the heart of Hanoi, on April...
Last updated: Saturday, April 9, 2011
Experts pooh-pooh claims of another animal spotted in Hoan Kiem Lake
Members of a rescue team stand around a giant freshwater turtle after successfully capturing it in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake last Sunday (April 3). The state established a team of animal experts, veterinarians...
Last updated: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
A giant turtle which is considered a sacred symbol of Vietnam surfaces at Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi on March 7, 2011.
Dear Editor:
The world now knows the plight of Vietnam’s sacred turtle struggling to survive in polluted Hoan Kiem Lake. The turtle’s suffering need not to be the "price of progress"...
Last updated: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Successful evasion of capture by Hoan Kiem Lake turtle raises hopes it can be restored to health, but the health of the lake itself is another matter
Hundreds of residents and tourists watched as people using boatsand nets began efforts to capture and treat the legendary turtle...
Last updated: Sunday, February 20, 2011
Experts still divided on ways to treat turtle too old and special for conservation efforts
The badly injured giant soft-shell turtle living in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, pictured here on February 8, is said to be one of four remaining Rafetus swinhoei specimens in the world. The...
Last updated: Friday, December 24, 2010
A red eared slider on the carapace of the endangered giant soft-shell turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake.
It might have been a cute photograph for a coffee-table book.
A small turtle riding piggyback on a larger one.
Given that it was taken at Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, it could have...
Last updated: Monday, September 27, 2010
Quan Son Lake, with its many small islands surrounded by forests and hundreds of limestone peaks, retains its wild and tranquil beauty . . .
VnnNews – Quan Son Lake, with its many small islands surrounded by forests and hundreds of limestone peaks, retains its wild and tranquil beauty as an idyllic out-of-the-way picnic spot in My Duc...
Last updated: Sunday, September 26, 2010
Quan Son Lake, with its many small islands surrounded by forests and hundreds of limestone peaks, retains its wild and tranquil beauty . . .
VnnNews – Quan Son Lake, with its many small islands surrounded by forests and hundreds of limestone peaks, retains its wild and tranquil beauty as an idyllic out-of-the-way picnic spot in My Duc...
Last updated: Saturday, July 24, 2010
When a small group of my friends decided to head out of the city one summer day . . . So I suggested we go to Suoi Hai Lake
VnnNews – When a small group of my friends decided to head out of the city one summer day to try to escape the scorching heat, we didn’t have a destination, just an idea. So I suggested we go to Suoi Hai Lake,...
