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Update news exotic species
Not all exotic species are harmful to the native environment. Many of them bring high economic value. Therefore, there must be a process to assess the benefits and harms caused by exotic species.
Vietnam had to spend time and money to eliminate exotic creatures that attacked agriculture in 2019.
Crawfish is a threat to Vietnam’s agriculture. The species, Cherax quadricarinatus, has been imported from China across border gates for food, served at many restaurants and street shops.
VietNamNet Bridge - Mai duong tree, or Trinh nu than go (Mimosa pigra), an invasive exotic species, has been growing vigorously in Hanoi’s suburbs in recent years, harming the local ecosystem.
Many types of insects and reptiles that cost thousands to several million dong, or even tens of millions of dong, are sold online and in stores. State agencies have rejected the licensing of such imports.
VietNamNet Bridge - With the growing of Japanese elephant garlic on Ly Son Island, Ly Son garlic, a well-known brand, will be threatened, scientists say.
VietNamNet Bridge - Though Vietnam has a legal framework to control exotic species, dangerous species are still used in the country because of loopholes in legal documents and mismanagement.
VietNamNet Bridge - Setting caught animals free is a behavior praised in Buddhist teachings, but releasing harmful exotic species can damage the environment, experts warn.
VietNamNet Bridge - State management agencies and scientists have issued warnings about the damages to the economy and environment brought by harmful invasive species in Vietnam.
VietNamNet Bridge - ‘So do cam’ as called by Vietnamese, Spathodea campanulata, sourced from Africa, considered a ‘malicious invader’, is still being grown in Vietnam, posing a threat to the ecological environment.
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam still doesn’t know what it should do to prevent harmful exotic species which have penetrated into the country through different channels, harming the biodiversity and threatening the national food security.
Yellow snails, red ear turtles and Phuc Loc Tho fish (Lepisosteus Oculatus Winchell) – the harmful exotic species – have been selling everywhere. Especially, they are very expensive of up to millions of dong per individual.