VietNamNet Bridge – The stump of a sua tree (Dalbergia tonkinensis Prain) which was found by two fishermen in Quang Binh province and is valued at VND17 billion (nearly $900,000) has been handed over to the museum of Quang Binh province for display.

VietNamNet Bridge - Trees are considered as the lungs of Hanoi, but in the past three years, more than 300 trees were compromised by different ways, such as cutting down branches, dissecting the skins or pouring acid into the tree roots.

VietNamNet Bridge – A sua tree (Dalbergia cochinchinensis – Alstonia) tens of years old in the National Park of Cuc Phuong have reportedly been chopped down and sold for money by the No. 9 forest rangers.

The Vietnamese millionaires, who once hunted for sua wood, thuy tung (Artemisia), tram huong (aloe wood), are now spending billions of dong on color-changeable wood.