HCM City, Oct. 28 -- Con Dao National Park in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully relocated 1,800 turtle nests and released around 120,000 hatchlings safely back into the sea during nearly six months of the turtle nesting season.

According to the park's management board, since the beginning of the nesting season in April, rangers at Con Dao National Park have safely transferred nearly 1,800 turtle nests to protected incubation sites on local beaches. Of these, 1,500 nests have already hatched, releasing some 120,000 healthy baby turtles into the ocean, while the remaining 300 are expected to hatch gradually through December.

The park's management noted that the sea turtle nesting season runs annually from April to November. Con Dao is the...