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Youth programme on primate protection in Vietnam launched

A programme encouraging young people to join hands to protect primates in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on December 15.
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Hanoi (VNA) – A programme encouraging youngpeople to join hands to protect primates in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi onDecember 15.

The event was co-organised by the Endangered Primate RescueCentre (EPRC), the Frankfurt Zoological Society, the Vietnam NationalUniversity of Forestry (VNUF)’s student union and the Green for Future club.

EPRC Director Caroline Rowley said the programme is part ofactivities to support the sustainable community-based preservation at Kon KaKinh National Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai in December2019.

A seminar on primate preservation in Vietnam and the worldand an eloquence contest, themed “Primate preservation in Vietnam – challengesand hope”, were held during the programme.

At the seminar, participating students had a chance tolisten to reports on primate preservation in Vietnam and the world,opportunities and challenges faced by the EPRC, and share experience in thefield.

Prof. Luu Quang Vinh from the VNUF said the programmesprovides a helpful platform for students in Hanoi and the VNUF in particular tolearn about what they can do in preservation work./.
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