A 40-year-old man from Nam Truc district in the northern province of NamDinh has been fined 150 million VND (1,740 VND) for illegallytransporting forest animals.
He was caught a month ago transporting 26 cobras from the central province of Quang Tri to the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The fine was issued following a Decision signed on April 28 by Nguyen Duc Cuong, chairman of the Quang Tri People's Committee.
The26 cobras, which are known as Ophiophagus Hannah and specified by theGovernment as a rare species, have been released into their naturalhabitat.-VNA