MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Marine research institute was previously the oceanography institute founded in 1923, which is situated on a large area alongside Cau Da, 6 km away from Nha Trang.

Laboratories, libraries, warehouses... are designed as a spacious multi-storey architecture, gracefully situated in the shade of Blue Dragon (a kind of fruit). Marine creature museum in the institute owns some 20,000 specimen  of aquatic creatures and specially there is a giant whalebone of 26 meter length, 3 meter height.