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According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), over the years, Vietnam has become a \u201chotspot\u201d of wildlife poaching and trafficking. The country is home to various endangered animals, including more than 400 species being listed in Vietnam\u2019s Red Book.<\/p>\n
Vietnam should set up policies protecting wildlife creatures, said Nguyen Van Thai from Save Vietnam\u2019s Wildlife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the country should work to enhance international cooperation, learn from conversation programmes, arrange training courses to improve human resources capacity, and enhance monitoring after returning species back to nature.<\/p>\n
Tran Thi Kim Thanh from the Ministry of Public Security\u2019s Environment Police Department said that 995 cases of wildlife trafficking were discovered from 2014-2018. Notably, in March, authorities seized 9.1 tonnes of elephant tusks in Tien Sa port of the central city of Da Nang, the largest quantity in the country so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The press plays a key role linking people in Vietnam and the world with Vietnamese security forces to collect and provide information helpful to police\u2019s activities against wildlife criminals, she said.<\/p>\n
At the workshop, investigative journalists and conversation and wildlife rescue experts shared experiences and skills as network building, international cooperation and information verification.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Participants also discussed obstacles and necessary skills in investigation of wildlife crimes, along with journalistic methods to detect links between corruption and wildlife trading, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n