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Safe haven for endangered species

Covering an area of 137,124ha , or 14 per cent of the total area of the Central Highlands’ Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong forest is a rich biodiversity site with 118 species of flora and 137 of fauna.

Nature reserve’s seven ha of forested habitat for endangered species restored

Gaia Nature Conservation has planted 4,500 trees in the Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in the north central province of Thanh Hoa to mark World Planting Day on March 21.

Farm produce market sells red-book wild animals

Along the border line with Cambodia is an area called the southern ‘wildlife metropolis’.

Rare storks appear in northern Dien Bien province

Hundreds of co nhan (a kind of openbill stork with the scientific name Anastomus Oscitans) have been spotted in fields in Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province, over the past week.

Scientists conserve ‘King of Fish’ of the Mekong Delta

The engineers at the Southern Freshwater Aquaculture Breeding Center have succeeded in the artificial reproduction of ca ho (Catlocarpio siamensis), a species of fish listed in Vietnam’s Red Book.

Endangered and extinct species discovered in Thanh Hoa

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of fauna and flora species listed in the World Red Book as Roosevelt's muntjac, Amentotaxus yunnanensis (catkin yew) or Gekko cf. palmatus... have been discovered in the woods in Thanh Hoa province.

Nearly 100 sea turtles found in refrigerator truck

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ngai provincial police agency last week found 94 endangered sea turtles, totaling over 1 tons in weight in a frozen truck.