Local inhabitants and marine conservationists have spotted one more mother turtle nesting and laying 102 eggs on a beach in Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam.

The turtle returned to the sea after laying her eggs in Nhon Hai Commune under the provincial capital city of Quy Nhon on Sunday night, Nguyen Ton Xuan Sang, a 39-year-old marine conservationist in the commune, confirmed on Monday.

Subsequently, some local residents and marine conservationists relocated the turtle nest to a safe place as it was at risk of being swept away by sea waves.

The mother turtle was some 0.94 meters long, 0.86 meters wide, and weighed more than 90 kilograms, Sang elaborated.

Nguyen Ngoc Nam, vice-chairman of the Nhon Hai Commune administration, recounted the appearance of another sea turtle which crawled onto the beach to lay 103 eggs on May 21, with its nest also being moved to a safer location by Sang and some marine conservationists.

Chu The Cuong, an official from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday that each mother turtle normally lays her eggs in three to five nests during the breeding season, with each nest having some 100 eggs.

After laying her eggs, the mother turtle will fill the nest with sand and return to the sea.

Sea turtle eggs will undergo incubation and hatch in the warm sand.

The IUCN members had previously provided the locals of Nhon Hai with training courses on how to rescue and protect sea turtles that are laying eggs, Cuong said.

The commune later zoned part of the beach to make it a turtle nesting place, he added.

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