A man in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been prosecuted for illegally keeping up to 127 rare tortoises.

Of hundreds of Red-Book wildlife species on sale nationwide, turtles are the most wanted species.

Hanoi police have caught a man and started to investigate a turtle being caught from Hoan Kiem Lake.

Keeping the Con Dao National Park clean and conserving biodiversity is the top priority for its management board.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An, Dong Thap and An Giang, numerous signboards of establishments selling snakes, turtles and birds of different kinds can be seen.

After Cu Lao Cham (Chan Island) was recognized by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve, ecotourism in the area developed rapidly. 

The sea turtle conservation ex-situ method was the prerequisite for Hoi An City to implement a plan to build a Cham Island MPA into a sea turtle conservation center in the central region of Vietnam. 

Hundreds of people recently began hunting rare turtles in the forests and streams in the hills of Hoa Vang District of central city of Da Nang. The search started after a rumour was spread that the turtles could be sold at sky-high prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On many roads in Ho Chi Minh City, crocodile meat is sold rampantly on the sidewalk, for only VND50,000 ($2.5) per kilo.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A womb of Dermochelifs coriacea’s eggs, or “rua da” as called by local people has been found off of the Vietnamese coast. However, no baby turtle was born from the eggs.

"Being touched by hands with sweat for many consecutive years, many doctoral steles in the Temple of Literature are worn out. For example, a stele that was made in 1452 now has no words left," says Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuong, Institute of History.

In recent years, raising trionychid turtles (Tryonyx steinachderi) has boomed in Van Hung Village, Cat Thinh Commune, Van Chan District in Yen Bai province, bringing many households a profit of nearly VND1 billion ($50,000) each year.