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Vietnam to end use of bear bile

 VietNamNet Bridge – Animals Asia Foundation and the Viet Nam Oriental Traditional Medicine Association signed an agreement to end the use of bear bile in oriental medicine in Viet Nam by 2020 early this week.

Bears killed as bear bile price drops

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nghe An Province is one of a few provinces across the country where bears are kept in cages most because of high profits. However, as the demand for bear bile has dropped recently, along with tightened regulations

Four more bears die in Quang Ninh farm

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities said that four more bears have died in a private farm in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh Province.

Breeding of bears no longer profitable

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the price of bear bile gradually falling from VND200,000 per cubic centimeter to the present VND15,000-20,000 cubic centimeter, thousands of bears are currently being bred just like pigs, as they no longer seem profitable.