Pham Thi Thu Hien, 37, starts her day by grabbing her backpack before trekking through dozens of kilometres of forest with her colleagues.

Police have arrested five illegal loggers who allegedly attacked a forest ranger in Yók Đôn National Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forest rangers were ramping up efforts to protect the seven-elephant herd which recently showed up at the forest edge in Quang Nam Province’s Que Lam Commune, the unit head said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city's investigation police have arrested four persons for violating forest exploitation and protection regulations in the special-use Ba Na-Nui Chua zone.

Swamp cypress only left in China and Vietnam. Rare wood collectors are urgently hunting this especially rare plant, putting the protection task of this rare species in numerous challenges.