Keyword: "wildlife conservation"

Promoting nature-based tourism linked to wildlife conservation is believed to be essential for sustainable development in the near future.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has approved the national programme for the conservation of endangered, precious and rare wildlife species prioritised for protection to 2030, with a vision to 2050.

A rare green sea turtle, weighing nearly 20 kilograms, was successfully rescued and released back into the ocean by the Con Co Island Marine Reserve Management Board on November 19.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), Vietnam’s first non-governmental organisation focused on wildlife conservation, organised a press conference on October 22 to review its efforts over the past two decades to end bear farming for bile in the country.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), one of the country’s pioneering social organisations in wildlife conservation, has released a two-minute video clip titled "Chim troi keu cuu" (wild birds cry out for help) to urge the community to refrain from wild bird consumption and join protection efforts.

The USAID Biodiversity Conservation has launched a wild meat demand reduction campaign urging government agencies and Vietnamese citizens nationwide to enhance their actions for wildlife conservation.

A representative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam has proposed that the Southeast Asian nation needs to enhance cooperation in investigating and tracing wildlife trafficking cases, as well as arresting and prosecuting leaders of these crime rings.

A network of journalists on investigating and preventing of illegal wildlife trade made debut in Hanoi on June 13, aiming to help share information, strengthen capacity and coordinate in the implementation of communication activities, contributing to preventing the illegal trade and consumption of wildlife in Vietnam.

In addition to ensuring goods standards and quality, firms are recommended to pay attention to sustainable development, especially issues concerning biodiversity and wildlife conservation, in order to take advantage of new generation free trade agreements (FTAs).

The annual race #Run4WildlifeHN will return to Hanoi on November 6 after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), the country’s first non-governmental organisation focusing on wildlife conservation.

The rescue of nine rare Asian black bears, which were kept on three different farms in the southern province of Binh Duong for years, along with measures to strengthen the management and protection of wild animals are all positive signs in wildlife conservation efforts in Vietnam.

A Delacour’s langur baby has been born after its parents were released into the wild on Ngoc Island in Ninh Binh’s Trang An Landscape Complex last year.

Regulations on the transportation of products made from rare plants and animals to the Czech Republic and the EU were under focus at a workshop in Prague on October 26.

A project launched by the Centre for Nature Conservation and Development (CCD) and the Vietnamese Centre for Wildlife Conservation (Four Paws Viet) on October 15 is looking for a capable Vietnamese filmmaker to create a valuable message that influences people to protect the environment.

A risky trend of having wildlife pets have become more popular, particularly among young people in Vietnam in recent years, said Nguyen Thu Thuy from the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) at a workshop held virtually on September 28.

Twenty-one organisations and individuals with outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation in the 2010-2020 period will be honoured, according to the Vietnam Environment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

A number of rare animals have been reintroduced into the wild in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, the central province of Quang Binh.

A webinar was held by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and the Vietnam Environment Administration on November 19 to call on regional countries to join in efforts to conserve wildlife and effectively control animal-to-human disease transmission.

Vietnam will honour organisations and individuals with great contributions to wildlife conservation in the 2010-2020 period.

A large dolphin has paid a rare visit to the shallow waters of Cam Ranh Bay in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.