The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Creatures under the Cuc Phuong National Park announced on October 1 that it has received many endangered and rare animals from several northern provinces and cities.

Police in Huong Son district, the central province of Ha Tinh have announced a decision to launch legal proceedings against and issue a four-month temporary detention order for two local residents on charge of violating regulations on the protection of endangered and rare animals.

Authorities recently arrested a Vietnamese national at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City for trafficking parts of endangered and rare animals, said customs officials at the airport on April 24.

The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi city has completed the indictment to prosecute Nguyen Huu Tien, born in 1983, residing in Thuong Tin district, for the charge of violating regulations on the protection of endangered and rare animals under Article 244 the Criminal Code 2015.

The police of Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, has decided to start legal proceedings in a criminal case of illegally transporting endangered and rare animals.