A conference was held to discuss the National Marine Turtle Conservation Action Plan 2015-2025 in Ninh Thuan on July 3. Speaking at the conference, Pham Trong Yen of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Directorate of Fisheries said that sea turtles in Vietnam listed in the Red Book f...
A shipment of ivory worth R4-million was intercepted at O.R. Tambo International on its way from Zimbabwe to Vietnam, South African officials said on July 3, hailing it as one of the biggest recent finds. The 267 kilogramme haul was hidden in boxes wrapped in plastic and labelled as handicrafts. "A ...
On June 30, the Patrolling unit of Border Security at Ha Tien Border Gate stopped a car driven by Tran Minh Chien from Cambodia to Vietnam and seized 387kg of ivory.[VN]
Over one hundred of Da Nang’s business leaders rode through the main streets of the city Saturday as part of the Bike Ride by Da Nang Businesses to promote wildlife protection and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the South Liberation and National Reunification on June 27. Organized jointly by...
The two poachers who were arrested on April 13 for poaching and trading a protected Indochinese serow (Naemorhedus sumatraensis) are being prosecuted under Article 190 of the Criminal Code.[VN]
On April 23, Vietnam Environment Administration (MONRE) organized the Review Workshop for the project: "Improving the biodiversity conservation through reforming policies and changing the consumption of wild animals in Vietnam" (WLC project). The WLC project, which is financed by Global environmenta...
On April 23, Pu Mat National Park released 6 rare animals including: 1 leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), 1 Indochinese Box Turtles (Cuora galbinifrons), 2 impressed tortoise (Impressed tortoise), 2 stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides).[VN]
Dubai Police handed over a shipment of 84 pieces of illegal ivory weighing a total of 300kg to the Ministry of Environment and Water so it would destroy them. Brigadier Ali Atiq Bin Lahej, Director of the General Department of Airport Security at Dubai Police, said that the shipment was intercepted ...