Sarus crane

Every year, as the northeast monsoon winds begin to blow, the water in the fields recedes, leaving them teeming with fish and shrimp, and farmers start cultivating the winter-spring rice crop... it is then that flocks of cranes gracefully return to Tram Chim National Park (Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province) to forage. The people of Dong Thap take great pride in the image of cranes soaring, dancing, and singing over the wetlands of Tram Chim.

Every year, as the northeast monsoon winds begin to blow, the water in the fields recedes, leaving them teeming with fish and shrimp, and farmers start cultivating the winter-spring rice crop... it is then that flocks of cranes gracefully return to Tram Chim National Park (Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province) to forage. The people of Dong Thap take great pride in the image of cranes soaring, dancing, and singing over the wetlands of Tram Chim.
It is a truly elegant pleasure for visitors who love the land of pink lotus flowers to witness this spectacle in Tram Chim National Park. The nickname "long-legged queen" refers to the Sarus crane - a tall, graceful, and rare bird, once known as the "crane queen" or "fairy crane." Tram Chim National Park used to be home to the largest number of cranes in Southeast Asia, with numbers exceeding a thousand in the early 1990s. However, due to various ecological mismanagement issues, most notably maintaining high water levels year-round for an extended period, the crane's habitat has severely degraded, leading to a decline in the number of cranes returning to Tram Chim.
The Sarus crane is currently classified as Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Tram Chim National Park, Dong Thap province, is one of the important sites for Sarus cranes in Vietnam.  
With the desire to restore the Sarus crane population, the People's Committee of Dong Thap province has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Crane Foundation and the Vietnam Zoo Association. This includes the transfer of captive-bred Sarus crane chicks from Thailand to Vietnam, training of personnel, development of breeding, release and monitoring facilities for Sarus cranes, and habitat management for cranes in the core zone and buffer zone of Tram Chim National Park.
Source: Conservation and Development of Sarus Cranes at Tram Chim National Park, period 2022 - 2032.