A group of young people have enhanced the allure of a national wildlife reserve in a Mekong Delta province by selling a wide array of delectable, hygienically- ensured food specialties and souvenirs.

A team of Communist Youth Union members who reside in Tam Nong District, Dong Thap Province, have launched a start-up business by forming a cooperative, growing and raising their own trout and other breeds of fish, in addition to vegetables.

The group also purchases other items from local farmers to diversify their products.

Young tourists pose in front of the specialty-souvenir shop at the Tram Chim National Park

They prepare the fish and vegetables into mouth-watering dried, salty fish and pickles, which are displayed for sale at a tourism product stall at Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong.

A number of souvenirs, including mementoes featuring lotuses, the province’s tourism icon, red rice and dried lotus seeds, are also available for sale.

Tram Chim National Park, which spans several communes, is home to hundreds of thousands of individual birds from 233 waterfowl species, accounting for one-fourth of the country’s bird population.

Among them, many are rare species listed in Vietnamese and global red books of endangered fauna and flora.

The 7,300-hectare park boasts vast expanses of lush cajuput, which have long been a haven for such rare waterfowl species as white-winged wild ducks, spot-billed pelicans, lesser adjutant storks and red-headed cranes.

(Source: Tuoitrenews)