Keyword: "rare turtles"

The turtles belong to several endangered native species of Vietnam, including the Vietnamese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons), central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle (Cuora bourreti), keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii), and black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri). All are of high conservation value and face severe threats in the wild due to habitat loss, poaching, and illegal wildlife trade.

Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung's meetings with DPRK officials, the State President's order to promulgate nine laws adopted by the 16th National Assembly at the first session, and the repatriation of 28 rare turtles from the RoK to Vietnam are among news highlights on May 13 evening.

A man in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally raising and possessing 127 individuals of many rare and endangered turtle species, according to the Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) .

The ranger force in the central province of Quang Nam is working with authorities of the province’s Bac Tra My district to return seven rare sea turtles to the wild.