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(November 10, 2025) Ha Noi, morning of November 7, 2025, Wildlife Conservation Society – Viet Nam Program (WCS Viet Nam), in collaboration with the Banking Academy of Viet Nam (BAV), organized a consultation meeting on the outline of the “Handbook for detecting and reporting suspicious transactions related to illegal wildlife trade.” Participants in the consultation meeting, Ha Noi, November 2025 The meeting gathered more than 40 participants, including representatives from the Anti-Mone...

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(November 10, 2025) Ha Noi, afternoon of November 7, 2025 – Wildlife Conservation Society Vietnam Program (WCS Viet Nam), in collaboration with the Banking Academy of Viet Nam (BAV), organized a seminar “Financial risks associated with illegal wildlife trade – awareness and actions of finance and banking students.” The event brought together experts in anti–money laundering from the State Bank of Viet Nam and commercial banks, wildlife crime experts from WCS Viet Nam, ESG expert fro...

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(August 08, 2025) Luanda, August 7, 2025 – During the official state visit of the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the Republic of Angola, the two countries formally signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in Criminal Matters. On the same occasion, the Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP) of Viet Nam and the Attorney General’s Office of Angola also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening cooperation in the field of prosecution and in the fight against tra...

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(May 21, 2025)   In recent years, Viet Nam has made many efforts to improve the legal framework for wildlife protection in order to fully implement international commitments as a party member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Accordingly, Viet Nam’s legal system has been rated by the CITES Secretariat to be in Category 1 – legislation that is believed generally to meet the requirement for implementation of the CITES, including:...

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(March 31, 2025) In Ha Noi, March 28-29, 2025, and Ninh Binh, March 30, 2025, Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam Office (WCS Viet Nam) organized a training on “Applying the problem-oriented wildlife protection in legal research for law students”. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Huynh Tan Duy - Deputy Head of the Faculty of Criminal Law, Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, share with students, Ha Noi, March 2025 15 law students from the Universit...

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(March 24, 2025) Ho Chi Minh City, March 21, 2025, Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam Program (WCS Viet Nam) in collaboration with the Procuratorate University’s branch in Ho Chi Minh City and the Criminal Law Faculty - Ho Chi Minh City University of Law organized a  workshop on “Handling criminal wildlife cases: challenges and solutions”. Participants attended the workshop, Ho Chi Minh City, March 2025 More than 50 participants from wildlife management authorities, law...

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(September 15, 2023)

(December 10, 2024) On December 05-06, 2024, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam Office (WCS Viet Nam) organized a " Project introduction meeting and training on wildlife crime prevention."  Mr. Pham Thanh Trung, Program Manager, WCS Viet Nam shares about project activities, Ha Noi, December 2024 In recent years, the tiger population in Malaysia has significantly declined due to illegal hunting, trading, and transportation of tigers and tiger products. Analysis of arrests in Malaysi...

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(September 21, 2024) Quang Binh, September 16-17, 2024, and Ho Chi Minh City, September 19-20, 2024, Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam Office (WCS Viet Nam) in collaboration with the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) to organize two training courses on “Countering illegal wildlife trade by sea route”. Ms. Tran Thi Kim Thanh shared the Vietnamese legal framework on wildlife protection, Ho Chi Minh city, September 2024 The training sessions were delivered by experienced experts o...

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(September 30, 2024) Ninh Binh, September 27, 2024, Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam Office (WCS Viet Nam) in collaboration with the Banking Academy of Viet Nam (BAV) organized the workshop on “Preventing and combating illegal wildlife trade using e-commerce platforms and digital payments”. Participants attended the workshops, Ninh Bình, September 2024 About 50 participants who are representatives of the state management and law enforcement agencies on wildlife protection, management aut...

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