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Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF

Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70% in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday.
Rare yellow-cheeked gibbon found in Da Nang

Rare yellow-cheeked gibbon found in Da Nang

2m python found in motorbike trunk

2m python found in motorbike trunk

New funding to end elephant rides at Vietnam tourism sites

New funding to end elephant rides at Vietnam tourism sites

Dak Lak Province, home to Vietnam's largest elephant population, will aid tourism sites in ending elephant rides by 2026.
November 14, 2022 | 12:26 am PT
Tiger seizures up in parts of Asia despite conservation efforts: report

Tiger seizures up in parts of Asia despite conservation efforts: report

Wildlife authorities in Vietnam and some other Asian countries are seeing an increase in seizures of tigers and tiger parts despite efforts by conservationists to protect the endangered animal.
November 1, 2022 | 08:54 pm PT
HCMC pagoda releases critically endangered tortoises

HCMC pagoda releases critically endangered tortoises

A HCMC pagoda has handed over 62 turtles and tortoises, including critically endangered ones, to forest rangers after they were left there by Buddhism followers as part of life release rituals.
October 9, 2022 | 08:44 pm PT
Giant endangered sea turtle rescued, released into wild

Giant endangered sea turtle rescued, released into wild

An endangered green sea turtle that had beached in the central Quang Tri Province has been released back into the ocean.
October 9, 2022 | 07:00 pm PT
Critically endangered tortoises at HCMC pagoda to return to nature

Critically endangered tortoises at HCMC pagoda to return to nature

Eleven endangered elongated tortoises, along with other rare turtle species kept at a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, will be released back into the wild.
October 5, 2022 | 10:43 pm PT
Python found in HCMC school yard

Python found in HCMC school yard

A reticulated python was found on a tree at a HCMC high school and subsequently handed over to forest rangers.
September 23, 2022 | 01:45 am PT
Moon bear freed after 17 years of captivity

Moon bear freed after 17 years of captivity

A moon bear that had been raised in captivity for 17 years was rescued Thursday by animal welfare organization Animals Asia.
September 22, 2022 | 06:09 am PT
Hanoi police seize 100 rice wine jars containing wild animals

Hanoi police seize 100 rice wine jars containing wild animals

More than 100 jars of rice wine distilled with pythons, large lizards, cobras and deer have been found at two condo apartments in Hanoi.
September 14, 2022 | 12:41 am PT
Vietnam national park to receive two Sarus cranes from Laos

Vietnam national park to receive two Sarus cranes from Laos

Two Sarus cranes kept in a Laotian zoo would be transferred to a national park in Dong Thap Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
September 10, 2022 | 06:00 pm PT
Man arrested for trading rhino horns, ivory through shell companies

Man arrested for trading rhino horns, ivory through shell companies

The Da Nang City police have arrested a man running shell companies to allegedly smuggle wild animal parts from Africa to Vietnam.
June 22, 2022 | 11:40 pm PT
Endangered orangutan enjoys a smoke in Saigon zoo

Endangered orangutan enjoys a smoke in Saigon zoo

A visitor to the HCMC zoo caught on video last Friday a male Borneo orangutan expertly smoking a cigarette and stubbing it out on the ground.
June 18, 2022 | 06:24 pm PT
Endangered moon bears rescued

Endangered moon bears rescued

Three endangered moon bears were rescued from illegal trafficking and captivity in northern Vietnam's Dien Bien Province on Wednesday.
June 2, 2022 | 06:23 pm PT
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