Animal protection organisation Humane Society International has launched an emotional commercial for air travellers of Vietnam Airlines in the hope of reducing demand for rhino horn in Vietnam which will help to ultimately end the poaching of rhinos in Africa.
The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA) is completing a draft directive of the Prime Minister on strengthening the management of migratory wild birds in Vietnam, which will be submitted to the Government for approval.
The Biodiversity Conservation Agency is completing a draft directive on strengthening the management of migratory birds in Vietnam for submission to the Prime Minister for approval.
Local people have long been reportedly involved in illegal wild bird hunting and poaching in Cat Ba Island of the northern city of Hai Phong and local authorities have failed to curb the problem for decades.
Malaysian authorities have seized 30 tonnes of pangolins and their scales, valued at some 2 million USD, during raids on a factory and a warehouse in Sabah state.
A delegation from the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry visited the north-western province of Dien Bien from September 24-27 to share experience in encouraging agricultural expansion and increase values of farm produce.
Site support groups (SSGs) have been set up in Vietnam by BirdLife International since 2002, proving effective in conserving important bird areas (IBAs) of the country.
Twelve walls in Nguyen Thai Binh ward of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, are being covered with rhino-themed graffiti to call for an end to the use of rhino horn in Vietnam.
There are only 60 domestic elephants and around 100 wild ones alive in Vietnam, with most of them living in Dak Lak, Dong Nai and Nghe An provinces, the Vietnam Administration of Forestry reported.
Malaysia has expressed desire to emulate Indonesia's radical measures against poaching to protect fishing grounds for fishermen and reduce domestic fish prices.
The Philippines announced on May 17 that its patrol force had arrested three Vietnamese fishing vessels and two from China for illegal fishing in the country’s waters.
The Education for Nature-Vietnam and international wildlife animal preservation organisations opposed the use of synthetic rhino horns as a solution to preventing the hunt for rhinos in the world.
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