Coordinates: 8°41′35″N 106°36′34″E / 8.69306°N 106.60944°E / 8.69306; 106.60944

Con Dao Huyện Côn Đảo
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An aerial view of the main island
Con Dao
Coordinates: 8°41′35″N 106°34′36″E / 8.69306°N 106.57667°E / 8.69306; 106.57667
Country	Vietnam
Region	South East
Province	Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province
Time zone	UTC + 7 (UTC+7)

The Con Dao Islands (Vietnamese: Côn Đảo) are an archipelago of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in southeastern Vietnam, and a district of this province.

Description[link]

Situated at about 185 km (115 mi) from Vung Tau and 230 km (143 mi) from Ho Chi Minh City, the group includes 16 mountainous islands and islets. The total land area reaches 75.15 km² and the local population is about 5,000.

The island group is served by Co Ong Airport.

History[link]

On June 16, 1702, the English East India Company founded a settlement on the island of Pulo Condor (Poulo Condore) off the south coast of southern Vietnam, and on March 2, 1705, the garrison and settlement were destroyed.

The largest island is Côn Sơn Island (also known as Con Lon Island), famous for its prison built by the French colonial government.

Côn Đảo National Park[link]

Many of the islands were given protected status in 1984. In 1984, they became a national park, Côn Đảo National Park, which was subsequently enlarged in 1998. Endangered species protected within the park include the hawksbill turtle, the green turtle and the dugong. Ecosystems represented in the park include seagrass meadow, mangrove and coral reefs.

Côn Đảo National Park is working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam to further protection in the marine areas, with programs to establish a Marine Protected Area that protects coral reefs, seagrass beds and species, while also developing sustainable nature-based ecotourism. The island's management is strongly geared towards sustainable use, hoping to learn from previous experiences in Vietnam and the region to balance development with conservation.

External links[link]

• Con Dao photos
• Con Dao guide and gallery
• Information about Con Dao
• Con Dao Island History and guide
• Visit Con Dao Facts and photos

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Võ Thị Sáu (Đất Đỏ, 1933 – March 13, 1952) was a schoolgirl guerrilla remembered as national marytr in Vietnam.

She was born in xã Phước Thọ, quận Đất Đỏ, then in Bà Rịa Province (today belonging to Long Đất District, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province). In 1948 Sau became a contact for a local guerrilla group after many of her friends and relatives joined the resistance against the French.^[1] When she was 14 she threw a grenade with which she killed a French captain and wounded 12 French soldiers, but escaped undetected. Late in 1949 another grenade thrown at the Vietnamese canton chief – a man responsible for many executions – failed to explode and she was caught by the French authorities."^[2] She was imprisoned in three jails and finally Côn Sơn Prison, where she was executed at 19 years of age.^[3] She is remembered in revolutionary theatre and song, but also today as an ancestral spirit.^[4]

References[link]

vi:Võ Thị Sáu