The Cuc Phuong National Park, widely known as the country’s “capital of conservation,” is currently home to thousands of endangered and rare wild animals. Its conservation programmes are recognised at both regional and global levels, including those to protect endangered primates, tortoises and freshwater turtles, and carnivores and pangolins
Wildlife protection exhibitions on buses in Hanoi will be taking to the roads from next month after six years of nurturing the idea, said Nguyen Van Thai, Director of the Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW).
The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development under the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board in the central province of Quang Binh released 15 wild animals into the park on September 25.
An event was held at Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh on May 22 to call for joint actions for wild animals, with the support of the US Agency for International Development through the Biodiversity Conservation Activity, a component of the Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Project (VFBC).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has told localities to establish task forces directly responsible for inspecting and urging localities with low rabies vaccination rates for dogs and cats and areas with many deaths due to rabies to expand the vaccine coverage.
The Management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh on March 12 said that it has released some rescued rare animals back to the wild.
Police of southern Binh Phuoc province's Binh Long town said on January 11 that they had handed over several wild animals to the Management Board of Bu Gia Map National Park, the southern province of Binh Phuoc.
Ten rescued monkeys have been released into Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development under the park's management board.
The Forest Ranger Department in Tuyen Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh, handed over a ground python and a falcon to the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park Management Board on November 23.
A group of more than 10 people dropped by a restaurant near the border, and received recommendations from the owner to have wild animal meat for lunch. Contrary to the majority of the diners, a young girl resolutely refused the dishes, arguing that eating wild animals means harming the environment and the community, “including us”.
A total of 19 wild animals, which were kept in captivity, have been released into Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development under the park's Management Board.
Tigers, bears, northern Chinese boar, pangolin and small Indian civet are cut into small pieces, each weighing 2-10 kilogrammmes before they are transported to Vietnam via buses.
Many zoos or farms in Laos have registered to take care of tigers. However, it seems they are raising the endangered animals for illegal butchering for bones, meat and other body parts.
The Forest Protection Sub-Department of the southern province of Tay Ninh said that recently, it has received many wild animals on the list of endangered, precious, and rare species prioritised for protection from local organisations and residents.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has beefed up its local wildlife protection and rescue movement, with many wild animals released back into their natural environment.
The Forest Protection Sub-department in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has said that since 2018, its units have received 326 wild animals, of which nearly 300 individuals have been released to nature and handed over to national parks, and the rests are being cared for by these units.
People reporting wildlife infractions and the responsiveness of the authorities have proven useful for the fight against wild game trafficking in the recent past.
Policemen in Dam Rong district in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on February 19 arrested Dang Thi Viet Hoai for illegally trading and possessing a large quantity of wild animals.
More than 80 captive wild animals in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue have been handed over to authorities this year, before they were all released back to nature.
