Vietnamese conservationist honored as biodiversity ‘Hotspot Hero’

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) announces that Lê Thị Trang and nine other conservationists from around the world have been named ‘Hotspot Heroes’ for their efforts to protect the world’s biodiversity hotspots.

Rangers to identify injured monkeys at Sơn Trà Mountains At least eight Rhesus monkeys (Macara Mulatta), an endangered species, were found living at the Linh Ứng Pagoda with serious injuries or missing limbs. 

Five new rotifer species found in central Việt Nam1

A group of biological scientists and researchers from the central city’s Science and Education College together with two professors from Belgium and Thailand have found five new rotifer species after research conducted in Việt Nam from 2013.

New community tour sites to be built in Đà Nẵng

The central city has piloted the three first community-based tourism sites in suburban Hòa Vang district as rural ethnic and farm experience attractions in the Master Plan 2025-30.

Rangers drive monkeys back into forest on COVID-19 alert

Recent research on the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 passing from humans to monkeys found there was a chance if the two were in close contact.

Hospital visits limited, tour service suspended in central VN to fight virus

Beds in the hospital will be rearranged to keep a safe distance between patients.

Wild animals released in Sơn Trà reserve A wildlife rescue and conservation team in the city, with the support of the Đà Nẵng-based Douc Langur Foundation, has released two civets – an endangered species – and an Asian water monitor, in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve.

Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Museum recognised as new destination

The central city has recognised the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Museum as a new destination on the tourism map just 22 months after the museum was opened to the public.

Captive monkey released into the wild

A male stump-tailed macaque, or Macaca arctoides, has been released into the wild of the Bà Nà-Núi Chúa nature reserve after undergoing nine days of treatment at the central city-based Trường Sơn Việt veterinary clinic.

Sustainable protection needed for Sơn Trà Reserve

Human activities in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve had changed the basic instincts of langurs and monkeys, while threatening the primate population with human-to-wildlife transmitted diseases, according to biologist Trần Hữu Vỹ.