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Paintings, photos and posters created by children aged 6-14 are on display at an exhibition calling on people to protect wildlife.

Non-governmental organisation Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) said it helped save 153 wild animals during May.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has appealed for an end to commercial farming of endangered wildlife, in an attempt to conserve biodiversity on the occasion of the World Environment Day 2020 (June 5).

Joint efforts are being made to crack down on the illegal trade of wild animals on the Internet in Vietnam as more traders have shifted offline to Internet-based markets.

A 58-year-old woman in the central province of Quang Nam was sentenced by a provincial court on May 12 to five years in prison for illegal wildlife possession, according to Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV).

Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has recently re-issued a document guiding law enforcement relating to wild animals, in response to International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22.

Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV) has released a new short film calling for an end to bear bile farming which tells the story from a captive bear’s perspective.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has demanded other ministries, sectors and localities nationwide to enhance the management and control of illegal wildlife caging, trading and consumption in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) recorded 1,777 violations related to wild animal protection in 2019, according to deputy director of ENV Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung.

Up to 48 wild animals were successfully rescued in December 2019 thanks to close coordination between Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) and relevant agencies.

A mechanism to keep an eye on and strictly handle wildlife trade and killing is needed, Pham Van Hoa, a member of the National Assembly’s Committee for Legal Affairs, has said.

Among the hundreds of “Red Book” wild animals illegally sold nationwide, turtles receive the highest attention and also the highest risk of becoming extinct.

The non-governmental organisation Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) held a ceremony on December 2 to honour individuals and collectives in the field of law enforcement with outstanding contributions in wildlife protection.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has suggested that the destruction of confiscated elephant tusks should become a practice, and only samples are preserved to serve education and scientific res

Numerous challenges are facing Vietnam in its efforts to realise the commitment to doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022.

Three bears – which were kept illegally in captivity in the central province of Nghe An – have been transferred to the bear protection centre in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Authorities recently arrested a Vietnamese national at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City for trafficking parts of endangered and rare animals, said customs officials at the airport on April 24.

Eighty-eight wild animals were reintroduced to the nature at Chu Mom Ray National Park, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, on March 25.

The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) said on February 21 that 19 wild animals of rare and threatened species were rescued from illegal traders and trappers, and subsequently released back into nature in January.

More than 5,000 residents in Phuc Tho district of Hanoi have signed their names to a petition calling for an end to bear farming, said Deputy Director of the Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung.