Over the last decade, Vietnam has adopted policies and actions to fulfill its commitments to protecting rare and endangered wildlife, which is highly valued by the international community.


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Located in the buffer zone of Tam Dao National Park in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, Tam Dao Bear Rescue Center opened in April 2008.
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The 1.2 ha center with an investment of over 3.3 million USD can accommodate 200 bears.
{keywords}Doctor Cahalane and other vets from Animals Asia do surgery on Zebedee, a moon bear rescued from a bile farm in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue by Animals Asia.
{keywords}Little turtles at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center in the northern province of Ninh Binh receive calcium-added food for shell growth.
{keywords}A health worker at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center applies medicine to a diseased turtle.
{keywords}Turtles are nursed in a semi wild environment at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center.
{keywords}Two small monkeys who have just been rescued are afraid of strangers.
{keywords}The helmeted hornbill, a critically endangered bird species with an ivory casque (helmet like structure on the head), has a commercial value three to five times that of ivory and is subject to rampant illegal trade.
{keywords}A foreign volunteer and a health worker from the center do a medical check on a pangolin.
{keywords}A pangolin has just had surgery to remove a decayed part of its tail by vets from the Asian Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Center.
{keywords}The center annually releases carnivores into their natural environment. (Photo: Asian Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Center)
The Cuc Phuong Endangered Primates Rescue Center is home to six endangered primate species.
{keywords}Hanoi Health Council and Tam Dao Bear Rescue Center jointly organize monthly communication sessions to advocate protecting bears in target localities during which locals receive free medical check-ups and medicines.
{keywords}A girl reads information about protecting bears at Tam Dao Bear Rescue Center. 

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