Quyết định 134/2003/QĐ-TTg

To transform Nui Chua Nature Conservation Zone, Vinh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province, into a national park belonging to the system of Vietnam's special-use forests.

Nui Chua National Park' objectives are:

- To conserve the bio-diversity of the ecological system of southern Central Vietnam's forests and seas, especially the typical and extinct ecological system of Vietnam's dry forests with rare, precious and endemic forest and sea flora and fauna species. To promote forests' value and functions in environmental protection;

- To serve scientific research and education on environment as well as international cooperation in nature conservation;

- To exploit natural potentials and develop ecological tourism, thus contributing to socio-economic development in the locality, especially the communes in the buffer zone of the national park.

The national park covers a total natural area of 29,865 ha, of which the mainland area is 22,513 ha and the sea area, 7,352 ha.

The national park buffer zone's area is 7,350 ha.

The People's Committee of Ninh Thuan province shall directly manage Nui Chua National Park.- (Summary)