
In Vietnam, illegal wildlife pet trade thrives online, on streets despite legal risks
In-Depth 10:30 18/04/2025Despite regulations requiring permits and registration to keep wildlife such as otters, monkeys, crocodiles, turtles and pythons, some people in Vietnam continue to illegally buy and raise these animals as pets, authorities say.

Javan pangolin, baby lorises released back into wild in southern Vietnam national park
Vietnam News 17:50 21/09/2024The animals were in good health upon their release

Vietnam’s Dong Thap approves $7.5mn for red-crowned crane conservation
Vietnam News 11:33 09/11/2023One hundred red-crowned cranes will be bred in captivity during the 2022-32 period at Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap

Mother transfers son’s young pet crocodile to Ho Chi Minh City rangers
Vietnam News 17:27 30/07/2022The crocodile is in the list of rare and endangered forest animals

Senior woman hands over two otters to Ho Chi Minh City forest protection department
Vietnam News 09:35 15/05/2022The otters are classified as rare and endangered forest animals

135 animals released back into the wild in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:01 10/05/2022Many of them are classified as endangered species

Ho Chi Minh City releases over 200 endangered wild animals into nature
Vietnam News 14:33 04/01/2022They belong to 28 different species

Man brags online about killing suspected wildcats in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:57 27/08/2020Many netizens expressed their anger at the photos

Saigon’s ‘fairy godmother’ brings food daily to local park to feed wild animals
Travel 15:19 05/05/2020Loan is often called the 'fairy godmother' of wildlife in the park due to her peculiar look with hair white as snow and lips red as roses
Many trafficked pangolins confiscated in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:37 25/01/2018The courier captured has transported wildlife species multiple occasions previously