The Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) has recognized the groups of fir and rhododendron trees in Hoang Lien National Park as the heritage trees of Viet Nam.
On November 5, in Sa Pa town, Deputy Chairman of VACNE Dang Huy Huynh presented the recognition certificate to the Management Board of Hoang Lien National Park.
Those trees live 2,700 metres high on the Fansipan Mountain in Hoang Lien mountain range. The fir group now has 26 trees, most of them are over 300 years old and make up 1,000 square metres on the mountain. The rhododendron has 56 trees with average age of over 200 years old.
These two trees have also been listed in the red list of Viet Nam.
Hoang Lien National Park is located near Lao Cai province and Lai Chau province, seeing various valuable plants and animals of the tropical forest. In 2003, it was recognised by the Southeast Asia secretariat as ASEAN Heritage Park.