April 2014

Earlier this week, following information from the local authorities and ENV, the Danang Forest Protection and Environmental Police Departments inspected a coffee shop belonging to Vinh Trinh Trading and Service company.  

On September 18, 2013, ENV received a report that a signboard advertising bear bile was hanging from a streetlight in Vong Thi street, Hanoi. ENV staff made a call to the number on the sign to talk to the person responsible, who admitted that he had placed bear bile signboards all over Hanoi, but that he no

Earlier this week, following information from the local authorities and ENV, the Danang Forest Protection and Environmental Police Departments inspected a coffee shop belonging to Vinh Trinh Trading and Service company. FPD and EP officers found 12 wild animals and trophies which are illegal to possess, including a stuffed Indochinese tiger, 3 live pig-tailed macaques,

In January 2014, ENV carried out a review of criminal prosecutions which involved rare and endangered wildlife species that are currently listed in Group 1B of Decree 32/2006 and are fully protected under Vietnamese law.   

Last Friday, on March 28, ENV hosted a roundtable meeting about investigating and prosecuting major wildlife crime syndicates. The meeting involved representatives of environmental and economic police, prosecutors and judges.