Officials of Salavan province of Laos and central Thua Thien-Hue province of Vietnam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in protecting forests, forest products and wildlife in the border areas of the two localities in the 2023-2028 period.
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 animals and related products in Vietnam.
The Save Vietnam’s Wildlife Centre in collaboration with Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 19 released 15 endangered Sunda pangolins (Manis Javanica) into the wild.
More than 1,000 people joined a Race for Earth Hour 2023, which took place around Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi capital on March 18.
Wildlife protection requires the engagement of not only state management agencies but also other stakeholders such as non-governmental organisations, agencies, the private sector, and the community.
State management and law enforcement agencies, and non-governmental organisations have taken actions to limit the decline and extinction of wildlife species in Vietnam.
Tam Ky city, the central province of Quang Nam, has initiated a comprehensive effort to eradicate wildlife meat consumption in the region.
A web portal collecting data of natural resources and wildlife conservation in Da Nang City has been introduced.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released a film highlighting health risks from dining out at restaurants that sell wildlife meat, and calling on the community not to support such restaurants, thus reducing the risk of extinction among rare animals and protecting the ecosystem.
The Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) on October 24 issued an annual report reviewing efforts of 62 cities and provinces in handling wildlife violations reported by the public in 2021, excluding Bac Lieu province which registered no cases.