The return of these migrating birds, almost 100 more than last year, can be seen not only on their traditional Bang grass (lepierola arpiculata) fields in Binh An commune, Kien Luong district but also on 2,800ha of Bang grass in Phu My commune, Giang Thanh district bordering Cambodia.

The cranes were observed sleeping at their new destination, instead of flying to seek sleeping spots as they did in previous years when they came to Binh An commune, Kien Luong district.

Phu My commune lies within the red-headed crane protection zone of a project to preserve Bang grass fields as the food source for red-headed cranes and help revive and maintain the tradition of making grass products for the Khmer ethnic minority.