WCS Viet Nam supports government agencies and law enforcement authorities in strengthening bilateral, regional, and international cooperation in combating wildlife crime, particularly organized and transnational cases. We promote approaches based on information sharing, coordinated investigations, and mutual legal assistance to enhance the effectiveness of detecting, addressing, and dismantling illegal wildlife trafficking networks.
WCS Viet Nam works with domestic and international partners to support the development and strengthening of international cooperation frameworks through activities such as research support, consultations, and the promotion of mutual legal assistance treaties in criminal matters, memoranda of understanding, and coordination mechanisms among law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities, and relevant government bodies. At the same time, we support the maintenance of information-sharing channels and strengthen connections among focal points for international cooperation in addressing wildlife crime.
In addition, WCS Viet Nam promotes capacity building for law enforcement and judicial officers through workshops, dialogues, and experience-sharing activities on financial investigations, evidence handling, mutual legal assistance, and the handling of transnational wildlife crime cases. We also support cooperation in addressing cases involving Vietnamese nationals engaged in illegal wildlife exploitation and trafficking activities overseas.
Over the years, WCS Viet Nam has supported cooperation between Viet Nam and multiple countries across Asia and Africa in combating transnational organized wildlife crime, contributing to strengthened information sharing, coordinated investigations, and enhanced law enforcement effectiveness along key wildlife trafficking routes.
Key achievements:
- Supported the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam during the negotiation and signing process of the Viet Nam–Angola Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam and the Attorney General’s Office of Angola, contributing to strengthened bilateral cooperation in combating transnational organized wildlife crime. (October 2025)
- Enhanced information sharing and analytical outputs on transnational illegal wildlife trafficking networks to support early detection and improve investigative coordination among competent authorities.
- Supported capacity building for law enforcement and judicial officers in financial investigations, evidence handling, forensic examination, and the application of laws related to organized and transnational wildlife crime cases.
- Promoted interagency coordination mechanisms in the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of wildlife-related cases involving financial and transboundary elements.
- Organized workshops and dialogue sessions on experiences in handling wildlife-related criminal cases, with the participation of law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities, and government bodies at both central and local levels. (June–September 2025)
- Promoted bilateral and regional cooperation in addressing wildlife-related cases involving Vietnamese nationals overseas, particularly in Malaysia and Thailand.
Malaysia–Vietnam bilateral workshop on combating illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking, September 2026
Technical meeting between the SPP of Viet Nam and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Angola, Luanda, August 2025
The signing of a cooperation agreement between Le Minh Tri - Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP) of Vietnam and Joaquim Verissimo – Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs of Mozambique, December 2018