The Park is in the lowest place of the Mekong River water logged plain submerged and in the centre of Dong Thap Muoi. With a system of swamps, grass-plots and criss-crossing canals, the 7,612 ha Tram Chim National Park has become a wonderful habitat of over 130 species of plants, 100 vertebrate animal, 40 species of fish, 147 rare and precious species of birds, particularly the red-head cranes. Therefore, it's also a wonderful place for scientists to analysis into the lifetime of migratory birds.

In 1985 when red-head cranes presented in Tram Chim National Park, scientists held a workshop in China to seek out out measures to conserve them and develop Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong Natural site into a typical cultural and ecological tourist location in Southeast Asia.

Since then, several international organizations have taken part in researching into red-head cranes in Tram Chim, together with the planet Wildlife Fund (WWF), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource (IUCN) and others.

In February 1994, Tram Chim officially became the national nature conserve zone according to the Prime Minister’s decision, where the State invested over VND4bil, the Bhrem Fund of Germany granted US$15,000, and also the UK along with Danish Embassy donated US$60,000 to the protection of the “Red-head cranes’ house” and also the improvement of Tram Chim’s buffer zone.

In 1995, ICF wished to conduct surveys on the breeding sites of red-head cranes and in March 1998 scientists began putting electronic tracking rings price US$10,000 on cranes to look at their migration and copy. The activity was funded by the japanese Government with the presence of yank, Japanese and Vietnamese scientists. The signals received from red-head cranes offer good data for scientists to analysis into the red-head cranes’ migration and reproduction.

The Park contain a forest of Cajuput and hearth of lots of birds with specific floristic component: cajeput, reeds, lotus, water lily, ghost rice, rush …; plentiful fauna: python, turtles, eels, snakes, fresh-water fishes, and water bird as storks, herons, spot-billed ducks, water chicken … particularly red-headed, bare-necked cranes coming back in dry season annually.

From January to May each year, when sky is clear, visitors will see from the horizon many black spot coming. It is crane flock returning after months of emigrating to evade flood. This is also the season, when tourists come to Tram Chim for seeing, photographing cranes in the dawn and sunset.

Tram Chim - a reduced model of Dong Thap Muoi - with natural history of collective ecology of geomorphology, hydrography and underwater creatures, is an ideal rendezvous place of tourists from all over the world.

From January to May annually, when sky is obvious, guests can see from the horizon of several black spot coming back. It's crane flock returning after months of emigrating to evade flood. This is often also the season, when tourists return to Tram Chim for seeing, photographing cranes within the dawn and sunset.

Tram Chim - a reduced model of Dong Thap Muoi - with natural history of collective ecology of geomorphology, hydrography and underwater creatures, is a perfect rendezvous area of tourists from everywhere in the planet.

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