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Nha Trang Oceanography Institute
Số 1, Cầu Đá, Thành phố Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam"The Nha Trang Aquarium offers interesting exhibits on local marine life, including more than 20,000 well-preserved live marine specimens. Open to the public since 1922, the institute also sponsors the ongoing research and community projects, such as captive breeding programs, conservation and regeneration of local coral reefs. Vietnam's land, resources and marine environment."
The Institute of Oceanography is located at No. 1, Cau Da, Nha Trang, about 10 minutes by car from the city center, which specializes in studying marine species in terms of behavior and lifestyle. The Institute is also the earliest scientific research place built in Vietnam.
The Nha Trang Oceanographic Institute's collection is so rich that it spans two floors in a French colonial building at Cau Da (about 6km south of Nha Trang city center). The ground floor features multi-sized glass tanks filled with marine life such as reef sharks, turtles, scorpionfish, sea anemones, puffins and lionfish, as well as coral reefs and seaweed from many parts of the world. For clarity, each tank is also labeled with its name, origin, and characteristics in Vietnamese and English.
Meanwhile, the upper floor of the Vietnam National Oceanographic Museum displays thousands of specimens, animal skeletons, local boats and preserved fishing artefacts. One of the highlights of the museum is the skeleton of a humpback whale, unearthed in Henan province in 1994. The specimen measures 18 meters in length and weighs 18,000 kilograms. Also on display here is the skeleton of a dugongs unearthed in Con Dao in 1997.
Visitors can also enjoy a number of themed exhibits on the development of oceanography and research technology, as well as rooms illustrating natural disasters, sacred legends and traditions, and the culture of war. fish in Vietnam.
Opening hours: Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography is open every day of the week from 06:00 - 18:00
Entrance ticket:
- Adults: 40,000 VND/person/time.
- Students: 20,000 VND/person/time.
- Students: 10,000 VND/person/time.
- Note: If there is a need, contact the museum staff.
- There is no fee to visit the Oceanographic Museum for visitors who are particularly severely disabled, children under 6 years old or children with a height of less than 1.2m.
- Reduce 50% of the entrance fee to the Oceanographic Museum for the following cases: Objects entitled to preferential policies for cultural enjoyment; Elderly; People with severe disabilities as prescribed.
Tel: +84 258 3590 036