VOV.VN - Situated in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Con Dao island has been named among the top 16 best island vacations in the world, as compiled by tourism magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler) of the United States.

The management board of Hon Ba Nature Reserve in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa recently announced that it has discovered a species of mountain turtle which is listed among the wild animals threatened with extinction.

Some 15 big-headed turtles and 10 impressed tortoises have been found at the Pu Hu Nature Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hoa under a two-year project starting in 2020.

The management board of Nha Trang Bay has proposed setting up an area for turtles to use to lay eggs in the bay.

The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Programme, has re-released the Vietnam Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Identification Book.

Border guards of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang that borders Cambodia has reported it has detected a case of wildlife trafficking.

A total of 70 rescued turtles were released back to the wild on July 12 at the Sao La Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, the biggest number of the species received here so far.

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.

VOV.VN - Police forces in Hanoi have arrested a railway worker after he was caught in the process of transporting 17 endangered turtles.

VOV.VN - The local authorities of Loc Ha district in Ha Tinh province have released a rare sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local fisherman back into the ocean so it can return to its natural habitat.