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Joint emergency response to prevent imminent extinction of Asian ‘unicorn’

The saola, one of the world’s rarest animals, is getting a critical emergency boost from the European Union, Re:wild and WWF-Viet Nam to prevent its extinction.

Were sao la seen in Quang Binh after 10 years of no sightings?

VietNamNet Bridge - Described as a timid species only living in primeval forests, sao la, or Asian unicorn, ( Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) have been spotted in the central province of Quang Binh.


Truong Son mountains: promising area for climate-change adaptation

Dr Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, who received Nhan Tai Dat Viet (Vietnam Talent) Award for his general research on the biodiversity of Truong Son Mountains, affirmed that Vietnam needs to set up master plan on the mountain range area to ensure sustainability.    

More photos of Sao La made public

Several photos of the Sao La, one of the rarest and most threatened mammals on the planet, were made public in Quang Binh on August 13 by the Viet Nature Conservation Centre and the Quang Binh provincial Department of Forest Rangers.

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Endangered macaques transferred to national park

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province has received three stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) for further care and eventual rerelease into nature.

Saola in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - The discovery of saola in Vietnam in 1992 and the discovery of an individual saola recently when this species is facing extinction--are the key events in the world of animals for over 50 years.

Endangered species reappears in Vietnam after 15 years

 VietNamNet Bridge – The images of saola, the endangered species, have been recently recorded in the central province of Quang Nam, 15 years since the last time this species was seen in Vietnam.

Project launched to restore Truong Son forest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Forest Protection Department of the central province of Quang Nam have started the program to rehabilitate forest in the Truong Son range in the border area of Laos and Vietnam.

Rare giant muntjacs discovered in Saola reserve

VietNamNet Bridge – Staff of the Saola Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have discovered the existence of giant muntjacs (Muntiacus vuquangensis), a rare animal species, in the area.

Reserve expansion gives hope to saola

 The People's Committee of central Thua Thien Hue province has decided to expand a nature reserve zone for the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), a species classified as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park reopens after storm

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has officially reopened for visitors from October 3 after closing for a week due to storm Wutip, according to the park’s management board.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park gets expansion

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has been expanded to 123,326 ha from the previous 85,754 ha under a recent decision of the Prime Minister.

Ancient animal species discovered in Truong Son

 VietNamNet Bridge - During a biodiversity survey in the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) reserve zone in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, scientists discovered an Annamite striped rabbit.

Guarding Unicorns

The reclusive Saola, measuring just some 85cm in height is, without doubt, one of the rarest mammals on the planet. Despite twenty years of intense searching, no Saola have yet been observed by a scientist in the wild.