Aquarium Institute

Location: Institute of Oceanography is located on an elevated land, widespread at No. 1, Cau Da, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.
Characteristics: Founded in 1923, is one of the basis of scientific research is the oldest in Vietnam and is regarded as in-kind storage facilities and research on Southeast Asia's largest ocean.
Visit the Institute, visitors will see firsthand Museum with more than 20,000 sea creatures more than 4,000 specimens of sea creatures and fresh water has been collected and preserved for years, besides the live specimens are kept drop in the glass tank.

Speaking to the Institute of Oceanography, one can not fail to mention an organic part of it is the Museum of Oceanography - which is very popular from the 30s of the last century with the folk name "Sea Aquarium Nha Trang Institute ". Currently, the museum is focused Oceanography investment to upgrade, expand and develop into a continuous populations including marine life aquarium for research, educational tours as well as the community, and a sample storage system of the country's largest marine life. There are many specimens have been sent to different laboratories overseas, many museums in the world.

To visit the museum, in addition to admire the beauty of hundreds of species of tropical marine life, visitors can also learn more consideration 10,000 species in the South China Sea is being stored. The collection of marine life including sea species present in Vietnam, Cambodia and neighboring waters, including rare marine mammals are threatened with extinction as Dugong (Dugong). In particular, the museum is keeping, preserving whale skeleton on display giant nearly 26m long, 3m high had been buried in the ground in the Red River Delta at least 200 years. This really is a historic relic precious natural. Museum visitors are introduced to the natural characteristics of the South China Sea, the introduction of minerals, precious resources, the landscape and environment of coastal waters, rich ecosystems such as mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds - to note reminding people to raise awareness of environmental protection of landscapes, resources for the benefit of posterity. Oceanography museum is becoming the center for demonstration of traditional education and conquer exploitation and protection of the Vietnamese East Sea. This really is a center of maritime cultural heritage is valuable, need to preserve and develop.

Recently, the Institute was selected as one of 10 destinations fascinating cultural history of the award "was satisfied tourist destination in 2005".

Looking ahead, the Institute will launch a high-tech zone domesticated marine life, to serve the economic development policy Vietnam Sea. Hopefully tourists after visiting this area will arise many new ideas for the business, creating new products for tourism ...