Short film calls for end to rhino massacres

The Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV), a non-governmental organisation on the reservation of the nature and the protection of the environment, on August 22 released a short film to call for people’s efforts to put an end to rhino massacres in Africa and protect the animal.
Short film calls for end to rhino massacres ảnh 1The Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV) on August 22 released a short film to call for people’s efforts to put an end to rhino massacres in Africa and protect the animal (Photo: ENV)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV), a non-governmentalorganisation on the reservation of the nature and the protection of theenvironment, on August 22 released a short film to call for people’s efforts toput an end to rhino massacres in Africa and protect the animal.

The filmwill be screened on Vietnam’s television as well as on ENV’s Youtube channel.

The last Java rhino in Vietnam was killed atCat Tien National Park in 2010.  

Increasing poaching is attributable to therising demand for rhino horn in some Asian countries, including Vietnam, as well trafficking activities byglobal crime networks since manypeople in these nations believe that rhino horns can cure illnesses, which isrefuted by science.

In March, a jail term was imposed on a Vietnamese national for smuggling36kg of rhino horn. He was the mastermind of a ring trafficking rhino horns,elephant tusks and products of wild animals from Africa to Vietnam.

Statistics show that there are only 25,000 wildrhinos in the world at present, dropping by 95 percent over the last 40 years.

South Africa is home to about 20,000 rhinos or80 percent of the global total. Up to 1,028 rhinos were poached there in 2017,down slightly by 26 compared to the previous year. According to theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature, the animal will become extinct by2026 if poaching is not halted.

Deputy Director of ENV Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung calledon Vietnamese people to protect the remaining rhinos in a bid to recover rhinopopulation. Activities related to rhino horn trafficking should be reported tolocal authorities or via hotline 1800-1522, she added.-VNA

VNA

See more

The event draws crowds of participants. (Photo: NDO)

Cycling inspires greener Ho Chi Minh City

Hosted by the Dutch Consulate General in coordination with the Vietnam-Netherlands Friendship Association and the Dutch Business Association in Vietnam, the February 16 event welcomed two Dutch cyclists who traveled nearly 20,000 kilometers across 24 countries to Vietnam.

The northern region of Vietnam is expected to experience cold weather and drizzle during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. (Illustrative Photo: baochinhphu.vn)

Cold, wet weather expected during Tet holiday

The northern region of Vietnam is expected to experience cold weather and drizzle during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam urged to embrace alternatives to plastics for sustainable future

A research group from the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) is sounding the alarm on Vietnam's plastic waste crisis and advocating for a transformative shift towards sustainable alternatives.