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(October 18, 2022) In a follow up to three mock trials on adjudicating offences against regulations on management and protection of endangered and rare animals organized by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program in collaboration with law training institutions, on October 18, 2022, WCS continued to cooperate with Hanoi Procuratorate University (HPU) to implement the second mock trial on adjudicating offences against regulations on management and protection of endangered and rare animals exclusively ...

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(September 29, 2022) On September 28, 2022, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program collaborated with Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (HCMULAW) and Viet Nam Maritime University (VMU) organized a technical briefing on preventing risks of illegal wildlife trade by sea route from Africa to Viet Nam. The briefing is implemented within the framework of the project "Building cooperation to combat wildlife trafficking between Africa and Asia'' funded by the Bureau of International Narcoti...

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(September 23, 2022) Ha Noi, September 23, 2022, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program collaborated with the Banking Academy of Viet Nam to conduct consultation with relevant stakeholders on the plan to survey awareness and capacity of financial institutions to prevent financial risks associated with wildlife crime in Viet Nam.  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Thi Hoang Anh, Director of Banking Scientific Research Institute spoke at the opening of the workshop, Ha Noi, September 2022 M...

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(September 14, 2022) On September 14-15, 2022, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program and Laos Program collaborated with the Departments of Environmental Police (EP) of Viet Nam and Laos to conduct a multi-agency training workshop on “combating illegal wildlife trade cross borders of Viet Nam and Laos”. This activity is implemented within the framework of the project “Improving awareness and capacities for management in relation to lion bone and associated wildlife traders in La...

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(September 09, 2022) Da Nang, September 08, 2022, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program in collaboration with Department of International Cooperation and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Department 13), Supreme People's Procuracy (SPP) of Viet Nam organized a hybrid workshop on “Strengthening international cooperation and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters in combating transnational crimes'' between Viet Nam and Mozambique. The workshop is implemented within th...

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(August 31, 2022) From August 30 to September 01, 2022, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh city Prosecutors professional training school (HPS)  hosted a training course on open-source intelligence (OSINT) for investigators and prosecutors. The training is implemented within the framework of the project "Building Cooperation to Combat Wildlife Trafficking between Africa and Asia'' funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforce...

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(August 30, 2022) To continue the series of technical updates and follow up after the training on financial and money laundering investigation in combating wildlife crime, on August 30, 2022, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program collaborated with the People’s Police Academy (PPA) conducted a technical brief for police officers from Southern provinces/ cities. This activity is implemented within the framework of the project “Combating wildlife trafficking in Viet Nam'' funded ...

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(August 26, 2022) On August 26, 2022, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program supported CITES Viet Nam to organize a technical meeting on the draft of MoU between Viet Nam and Nigeria on combating illegal wildlife trade. The meeting is implemented within the framework of the project "Building Cooperation to Combat Wildlife Trafficking between Africa and Asia'' funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), United States Department of State. De...

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(August 26, 2022) From August 22 to 25, 2022 in Thua Thien Hue province, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program cooperated with the University of Law - Hue University to organize the “Training of trainers on legal framework on wildlife protection”. The activity is conducted in the framework of the project “Disrupting the illegal wildlife supply chain in Asia through strengthening partnerships between the government and civil society to increase the effectiveness of Government act...

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(August 19, 2022) On August 18, 2022, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program collaborated with the People’s Police Academy (PPA) to conduct a Post-training follow up and technical brief  on financial and money laundering investigation in combating wildlife crime. This activity is implemented within the framework of the project "Building Cooperation to Combat Wildlife Trafficking between Africa and Asia'' funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af...

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