The Son Tra Peninsula, about 10km in the northeast of downtown Da Nang city, is home to about 300-400 red shanked douc langurs, a rare species deemed the "Queen of Primates".
A wild monkey and a pygmy loris were recently handed over to the Wildlife Rescue and Protection Centre at the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.
The Vietnamese Government pledges to eradicate illegal wild animal trading and make every effort to combat all wildlife-related crimes, a Vietnamese official has said.
Representatives from 182 member countries of the CITES are gathering at the 17 th meeting of the Conference of the CoP17 in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 24 to October 5.
The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) group has called on member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to vote against Swaziland.
The transportation sector must work closely with law enforcement agencies to bolster the fight against wildlife crime and reduce demand for wildlife consumption.
A week on elephant protection was launched in Nong Son district the central province of Quang Nam, on August 3 with myriad activities.
An 1.3 kg hawksbill turtle, a rare species listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the world, was released in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 19.
Malaysia has destroyed 9.5 tonnes of elephant tusks that the country has confiscated in the past few years.
Thailand's Prime Minister has called on all sectors of society to protect Thai elephants as March 13 marked the National Elephant Day in Thailand.
Vietnam has suspended commercial trade in specimens of species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) with Laos .
Vietnam declared to host the third International Wildlife Trade Conference (IWTC) in Hanoi this November.
All eight species of pangolins are on the brink of extinction, and two out of the four species in Asia are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s red list of endangered species
Vietnam was identified as a transshipment point for international wildlife trafficking rings from Africa, primarily in Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania, during a multilateral dialogue in Hanoi on Novemb
The Global Environment Fund (GEF) has funded a project to boost biodiversity preservation in Vietnam through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Thailand has demonstrated its strong resolve to eliminate the illegal ivory trade of African elephants to CITES member states, aiming to be the central country of ASEAN to eliminate this issue.
Local police on August 21 seized 2.2 tonnes of tusks smuggled into Vietnam from Nigeria.
