A survey of nearly 600 Chinese tourists who visited Vietnam showed that 17 per cent of them visited ivory shops during their visit and an estimated 2 per cent bought ivory products with an average spend of VND12 million (US$522).

Studying in the UK, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Thao had many opportunities to choose a job with a high salary. She, however, decided to go to Africa to take part in wildlife protection programmes and returned to Vietnam with many dreams.

Despite ironclad moves taken by appropriate agencies, the trafficking and illegal transport of tigers to make tiger bone glue remains a burning issue in Vietnam.

Authorities of Son Tra District, in co-operation with the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation and GreenViet, have started researching the protection of the rhesus macaque monkey to drive troupes of monkeys back to the Son Tra Nature Reserve, Da Nang.

Animal abusers will be fined from VND1mil (USD43) to tens millions of VND as new decree takes effect.

An award-winning English filmmaker has made a documentary highlighting the plight of abused and unwanted animals in Vietnam.

Vo Doi National Park in southern Ca Mau Province’s U Minh District is a home to hundreds of rare and precious fauna and flora.

The Fauna & Flora International (FFI) on January 15 announced a decision to recognise Le Van Hien as a Disney Conservation Hero by the Disney Conservation Fund.

Police in the southern province of Dong Nai on January 13 decided to commence legal proceedings against a man for violating regulations on protection of endangered, precious and rare animals.

The Biodiversity Conservation Agency is completing a draft directive on strengthening the management of migratory birds in Vietnam for submission to the Prime Minister for approval.

Representatives from 30 tour operators and travel agencies recently signed a pledge to support responsible tourism, nature conservation and wildlife protection during a training workshop at Cat Tien National Park.

Hanoi’s authorities have called on its residents to refrain from eating dog and cat meat in order to promote a “civilized” image for the capital city.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will honour organisations and individuals that have made great contributions to wildlife conservation between 2010 and 2020.

Mai Van Quan has invested his own money to renovate part of a 22-hectare hill in Ha Trung Town, the central province of Thanh Hoa, to become a shelter for tens of thousands of storks.

A group of gaurs that had been left starving at the Phuoc Binh National Forest in Ninh Thuan Province have improved after receiving better care.

The last domesticated elephant in the northern Central Highlands region of Vietnam has died at the age of 50.

Nui Chua National Park in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan has rescued and returned to sea more than 800 rare baby sea turtles and four adult sea turtles of different species.

The number of species of wild birds, fish, and plants in the Mekong Delta has fallen rapidly in recent years because of a decline in food resources and natural habitats.

Hundreds of monkeys from the Son Tra Peninsula in Danang City have recently flocked into the city to seek food.

Vietnamese children begin to associate elephants with images of mountainous the Central Highlands from a young age, through a popular song called The Little Elephant in Don Village.