Xuan Thuy National Park is a broad area of mudflats south of the Red river mouth, about 150 kilometres south east of Hanoi, covering 7,100 hectares. Silt from the river and the sea has built a wetland rich in wild plants and animals and rare migratory birds. In January 1989 Xuan Thuy became the first wetland in Southeast Asia to join the Ramsar Convention. In 2003 the reserve was upgraded to a national park, and in December 2004 UNESCO recognised it as the core zone of the Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve. The park has 192 species of higher plants, nearly 20 of them adapted to flooding and forming mangrove forests thousands of hectares wide, along with 161 species of bottom dwelling animals. Its aims include protecting the wetland ecosystem and supporting scientific research, environmental education and ecotourism.
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