The village of Phu An, north of Ho Chi Minh City, was heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, which necessitated the establishment of Phu An Bamboo Village, which serves as an ecological bamboo museum, with the aim of preserving biodiversity and protecting bamboo forests in the region, including endangered species of all Throughout the country, in addition to helping "turn the Iron Triangle into a Green Triangle", more than 350 species of bamboo are stored in the Museum and Botanical Gardens.