Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) officially launched the Mobile Nature Centre on May 29 at the Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve in Ninh Binh Province.
Delegates cut the ribbon to open Vietnam's first mobile nature centre (Photo: Thai Ba).
The project is the world’s first mobile conservation education model developed across three exhibition buses equipped with modern technology designed to bring nature and wildlife stories closer to local communities.
The programme is led by Save Vietnam’s Wildlife in cooperation with the Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department, the Forestry and Forest Protection Department, and the Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Agency.
The exhibition buses use modern technology to bring nature and stories about wildlife closer to communities (Photo: Thai Ba).
Nguyen Van Thai, director of Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, said the centre was created to modernise community education on nature conservation through more visual, creative and interactive approaches.
According to Thai, immersive experiences can help foster a deeper connection between people and nature, thereby raising awareness and inspiring action to protect biodiversity.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Le Van Huu, deputy director of the Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Agency, stressed that protecting nature should not only be the responsibility of state management agencies or conservation organisations, but should become part of social awareness, behaviour and culture.
Ha Hai Binh, deputy director of the Forestry and Forest Protection Department, praised the project as “a new, vivid and accessible approach” capable of bringing conservation messages directly to schools, residential areas and local communities.
Early visitors try out the mobile nature centre's augmented reality technology (Photo: Thai Ba).
The exhibition space across the three buses was designed as a “miniature wild world”, integrating technologies including 3D models, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), interactive touchscreens and creative experiential activities.
Visitors can explore natural habitats, learn about Vietnam’s rare wildlife species and understand the threats they face.
As part of the launch event, participants experienced the interactive exhibition spaces and toured the Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve.
In the coming months, the Mobile Nature Centre is expected to travel to provinces and cities across Vietnam, bringing conservation education programmes to wider audiences, particularly young people, students and communities living in biodiversity hotspot areas.