The request was made by Deputy Chairman of theHanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khoi at a meeting of the TurtleTreatment Taskforce, in Hanoi on June 22.
Healso asked Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment toimprove Hoan Kiem Lake’s environment, especially the lake’s waterquality, adding that Hanoi Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment is responsible for building draft regulations for managingSword Lake area to submit to the city People’s Committee for approvalin August.
The giant turtle living in Hoan KiemLake in downtown Hanoi was found suffering from diseases earlierthis year. It was successfully captured and herded onto a specialfiltered water tank on the island in the middle of Hoan KiemLake for medical treatment.
After more thantwo months of treatment, the wounds of Hoan Kiem Lake ’s giantturtle have healed and it has recovered from illness./.