Representatives of 40 Vietnamese and German companies in Viet Nam pledged to adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards wildlife crimes at a workshop here today.
Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, investor of Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc,
has denied reports on social media that thousands of species of rare
birds and animals have died at the newly-opened park.
In the first such initiative, the Directorate of Fisheries and six other
members signed an agreement yesterday on Public Private Partnership
(PPP) in the fisheries and aquaculture sector with the aim to support
sustainable development in this sphere.
An endangered species identification and response mobile phone
application was launched on May 11 in Viet Nam to combat the illegal
hunting and selling of wildlife.
Education for Nature-Vietnam (EVN) has launched a new smartphone
application called "EVN-Report Wildlife Crime," which will easily help
people to report violations of wildlife laws.