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Endangered royal spoonbills arrive in northern province on annual migration

Endangered royal spoonbills arrive in northern province on annual migration

Dozens of rare royal spoonbills have arrived in Xuan Thuy National Park in Nam Dinh Province.
Drought drives endangered douc langurs to the seashore

Drought drives endangered douc langurs to the seashore

Troops of black-shank douc langurs that appeared on the seaside in Ninh Thuan Province are being closely monitored and protected.
April 17, 2020 | 08:15 pm GMT+7
Man held at Saigon airport with six kg of rhino horns

Man held at Saigon airport with six kg of rhino horns

Customs officers at Saigon’s Tan Son Nhat Airport Friday seized 12 rhino horns weighing six kg brought by a passenger on a flight from Qatar’s Doha.
March 07, 2020 | 10:01 pm GMT+7
Vietnam to build conservation areas for endangered turtles

Vietnam to build conservation areas for endangered turtles

Three conservation areas and two turtle rescue centers for endangered species will be built under a program recently approved by the government.
September 17, 2019 | 07:33 am GMT+7
Dolphin species thought extinct in Vietnam caught in Mekong Delta

Dolphin species thought extinct in Vietnam caught in Mekong Delta

An Irrawaddy dolphin, not seen in decades in Vietnam, was caught by a fisherman in the southern province of Ben Tre on Wednesday.
May 17, 2019 | 11:07 am GMT+7
Vietnamese fishermen butcher endangered whale shark

Vietnamese fishermen butcher endangered whale shark

A ‘giant fish’ weighing nearly a ton caught, butchered and sold by fishermen in Thanh Hoa was a rare whale shark.
May 16, 2019 | 06:30 pm GMT+7
Sarus cranes visit Vietnam early this year

Sarus cranes visit Vietnam early this year

The endangered birds are flocking to Kien Giang Province, 20 km from their habitat in Cambodia.
March 26, 2019 | 05:01 pm GMT+7
Malaysia jails two Vietnamese, one for 19 years, for possessing wildlife parts

Malaysia jails two Vietnamese, one for 19 years, for possessing wildlife parts

Two Vietnamese men have been jailed for 19 years and six years in Malaysia for possessing body parts of threatened wildlife species.
March 14, 2019 | 07:11 pm GMT+7
Vietnam seeks CITES help to protect endangered reptiles

Vietnam seeks CITES help to protect endangered reptiles

Vietnam has sent six proposals ahead of a CITES meeting, requesting help in saving some reptiles and other endangered species from extinction.
February 23, 2019 | 08:55 am GMT+7
Vietnamese woman arrested for trade in moon bears

Vietnamese woman arrested for trade in moon bears

Hai Phong City police have detained a 27-year-old woman for illegal transport and sale of two newborn moon bears.
January 11, 2019 | 04:01 pm GMT+7
Blood brother of Hanoi's revered turtle god found on city outskirts

Blood brother of Hanoi's revered turtle god found on city outskirts

The discovery brings the number of known Yangtze giant softshell turtles in the world to four.
April 13, 2018 | 12:59 pm GMT+7
Quackery and superstition: species pay the cost

Quackery and superstition: species pay the cost

A surge in demand in Vietnam is ascribed to a senior politician claiming in the mid-2000s that rhino horn cured his cancer.
March 25, 2018 | 09:30 am GMT+7
Court upholds Vietnamese poacher's jail term for killing endangered 'costumed apes'

Court upholds Vietnamese poacher's jail term for killing endangered 'costumed apes'

The poachers sneaked into a nature reserve in 2015 with over 100 traps baited to catch wild animals.
May 16, 2017 | 03:22 pm GMT+7
Endangered species poached in protected areas - WWF

Endangered species poached in protected areas - WWF

'Unless they [natural world heritage sites] are protected effectively, we will lose them forever.'
April 18, 2017 | 08:03 am GMT+7
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