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The Vietnam Ministry of Information
and Communications (MIC) issues the stamp set "Dragonflies" with four stamps
introduce four kinds of dragonfly found on the southern Phu Quoc Island
(Vietnam). Two of them, Lyriothemis mortoni and Rhyothemis obsolescens
were first discovered in Vietnam in 2007 by Ho Chi Minh City-based non-profit
organization Wildlife at Risk (WAR). The stamp designs bear the logo of
WAR (Wildlife At Risk) and Philanippon '11 to promote wildlife protection
in Vietnam. Nguyen Vu Khoi, director of WAR, said publication of the stamps
is a way to give credit to research and studies on biodiversity in Vietnam,
creating a database for wildlife preservation and raising public awareness.
There are nearly 300 dragonfly breeds
in Vietnam.
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