Vietnam calls halt to wildlife imports, illegal markets
Vietnam would halt importing and trading wild animals either dead or alive, according to a directive from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Thursday.
PanNature joined global effort to stop wildlife trade
PanNature has endorsed the petition to call national governments worldwide to act for a permanent end to the commercial trade and sale in markets where terrestrial wild animals are sold for consumption. The Coalition to End the Trade was…
Billion-dollar wildlife industry in Vietnam under assault as law drafted to halt trading
Move will hopefully curb vast wildlife trade from farm, street markets, and online traders Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has asked the country’s agriculture ministry to draft a directive to stop illegal trading and consumption of wildlife over fears…
Vietnam considers wildlife trade ban in response to coronavirus pandemic
Last month, conservation organizations sent an open letter to Vietnam’s prime minister recommending action against the wildlife trade as a means of preventing future outbreaks of disease, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc…
Vietnam to ban wildlife trade following conservationists’ demand
The government has paid heed to a plea by conservationists to ban wildlife trade and consumption. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to "quickly" draft a directive to ban these activities and submit…
Viet Nam vows to eliminate wildlife trade
Director of the Centre for People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) Tr?nh Lê Nguyên talks to Vietnamplus online newspaper on Vi?t Nam’s efforts to eliminate the wildlife trade
Conservationists Urge Vietnam to Stamp out Wildlife Trade amid Epidemic
Fourteen wildlife non-profits have jointly called on Vietnam to scrap wildlife markets to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks, citing other global epidemics linked to wild animals.
Conservation NGOs: Covid-19 disease and Vietnam’s Actions to Address Threats from Illegal Wildlife Trade
On February 16th, 2020, People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) and 9 other Vietnamese and international non-profit organizations working in nature and wildlife conservation (WWF-Vietnam, GreenViet, WCS Vietnam, FFI Vietnam, Education for Nature - Vietnam, Save Vietnam Wildlife, Wildlife at Risk,…
Proposing Active Guidance to Swiftly Implement the Project to Expand the Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Center
We respectfully recommend that you encourage relevant authorities to cany out the HWRC expansion project in 2020, in order to expand the facility’s infrastructure, raise its capacity, and increase its standards of quality for wildlife rescue in Vietnam. We believe that with its 24 years of experience in wildlife rescue, HWRC deserves renovation and expansion to better perform its functions and train Vietnam's next generation of wildlife rescue professionals.
Experts discuss ways to protect tigers
Experts discussed Vi?t Nam’s efforts to protect tigers and other endangered animals at a forum yesterday.
The forum was held in Hà N?i by the PanNature and the Wildlife Conservation Society Vietnam in response to International Tiger Day (July 29).