HCM City, Dec. 1 -- Con Dao National Park in Ho Chi Minh City has officially been awarded the prestigious IUCN Green List certification, becoming Vietnam's third and the world's 101st protected area to receive the global recognition for effective and equitable conservation management.

The certificate was presented on November 29 at a ceremony co-organised by the park's management board and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the park headquarters on Con Dao island.

The IUCN Green List is the world's leading standard recognising well-governed and successfully managed protected and conserved areas.

It includes 17 criteria and 50 indicators across four pillars: good governance, sound design and planning, effective...