The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, has recognised the Geographical Indication (GI) for the Ly Son garlic products and more than 100 members of the Ly Son Garlic Association.

The Ly Son-Sa Huynh Geo-Park has been listed in the dossier for UNESCO recognition, and the organisation can send an evaluation mission in 2020,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Underground water in the Ly Son Islands, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai Province, has become seriously salinised in the early dry season this year

For a week, tens of thousands of swallows have come to the island district of Ly Son in the central province of Quang Ngai. Local people say that this was unusual but experts say the birds were in the migration season.