Ly Son district completed restoring two of the island’s largest whale skeletons at Lang Tan relic site in Dong An Vinh village in 2020. Local people affectionately call the larger 22-metre-long skeleton the “Great Guardian of the Seas” and the smaller 18-metre-long skeleton the “Divine Guardian of the Waters”. Introduced alongside religious rites, the skeletons have become a remarkable tourist attraction. Some 150,000 visitors came to explore Lang Tan in 2023, intrigued by local whale traditions and to see Vietnam’s largest preserved whale skeletons. Ly Son is now seeking official recognition from the Vietnam Record Organisation of the Lang Tan whale skeletons being Vietnam’s largest./.