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First update on mapping task

Posted by Tommy Hoang Long on 15 March 2024 in English. Last updated on 21 March 2024.

Apparently, OSM in Vietnam is in a very poor condition. And one of the reasons would be the absence of several nature reserve areas, even compared to the two neighboring Indochinese brothers, Laos and Cambodia. Despite the fact that the Department of Forestry has published a document stating that there are 34 national parks and 56 nature reserves, until now (15 March) only half of them have been mapped to OSM.

Here’s the list:

National parks

Nature reserves

Nature reserves with official “Nature Reserve” title

Official “Nature Reserve” title refers to the fact that these areas have their own management board (ban quản lý) and is usually a division of the provincial departments of agriculture and rural development (Sở Nông nghiệp và Phát triển Nông thôn). These includes:

Nature reserves with informal “Nature Reserve” title

  • An Toàn
  • Bà Nà - Núi Chúa
  • Cham Chu
  • Chí Sán
  • Copia
  • Hữu Liên
  • Krông Trai
  • Na Hang
  • Nam Ka
  • Ngọc Linh (Quảng Nam)(*)
  • Nà Hẩu(*)
  • Sơn Trà
  • Sốp Cộp
  • Thần Sa - Phượng Hoàng
  • Tiền Hải
  • Tà Xùa
  • Tây Côn Lĩnh
  • Vân Long
  • Xuân Nha
  • Đồng Sơn - Kỳ Thượng