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Pictures: “Exclusive” products for men at Vietnam-Cambodia border

Approximately two kilometers from the Vietnam-Cambodia border, there is a market where men can buy tiger spiders, scorpions, queen termites and other items believed to be tonics for men’s sexual health.

Social News 23/10

 Market waste causes a stink in Long Bien area; Medicine sector in mountainous districts faces difficulties; 22,300 students take part in 2014 TOEFL Junior Challenge; Young man creates street library in Danang

The haunting eyes of wild animals at Cu Chi animal rescue station

 VietNamNet Bridge - Even after a long stay in captivity, wild animals transferred to a wildlife rescue station in Cu Chi District in HCM City still occasionally feel anxious and nervous.

Global decline of wildlife linked to child slavery

 New research suggests the global decline in wildlife is connected to an increase in human trafficking and child slavery.

Wildlife education added to syllabus

 VietNamNet Bridge – The last Javan rhino in Viet Nam was found dead at the Cat Tien National Park in April 2010: It had been shot by poachers for its horn, Le Thi Thuy Dung, a biology teacher at a HCM City school, tells her class.

Nguyen Trung Nghia tells childhood dream about wild life

 VietNamNet Bridge – Starting to pursue an art dream at the age of 31 two years ago, Nguyen Trung Nghia has crafted his own path in local and international projects through images and voices of wild life in his paintings.

PM receives praise for wildlife stance

 VietNamNet Bridge – A leader of a campaign to stop global trade in ivory from elephants and rhinocerous has praised the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, for speaking out on the issue.

Social Headlines January 7

 Tough measures against violators of food safety rules; Phu Quoc island to connect to national power grid this Tet; Many claim for unemployment allowances; Unlicensed coaches hope to benefit from Tet travel

Wildlife trek in jungle offers both challenges and rewards

 VietNamNet Bridge – The adventurers first laid their boots on the soft jungle soil by 7.30am and before long the first challenge for them was set. How to cross a fast running stream without the use of a bridge?

Wildlife thrives on Monkey Island

 VietNamNet Bridge – Situated 2.4km off the coast of Nha Trang, Hon Lao Island, known as Monkey Island, offers extraordinary sea and island experiences.

Cuc Phuong offers change of pace

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cuc Phuong National Park is one of my favourite weekend destinations. The first national park in the country, it's a relaxing place to enjoy a few days exploring tropical rainforest.

Wildlife groups under fire after rhino report ‘misunderstandings'

VietNamNet Bridge – One of Viet Nam's leading conservationists has blamed the study "Rhino horn consumers, who are they?" released by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC and the World Wildlife Fund in late September

Wildlife capture in Mekog Delta flood season

Water from the upper reaches of the Mekong River is flowing downstream and inundating watershed fields in the southwestern provinces of Vietnam. This is the time people start a harvest season of specialties like snakes, turtles, birds...

Long-tailed monkeys returned to wild

 Seventy long-tailed macaques were yesterday returned to Ba Mun island in Bai Tu Long National Park, located in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh.

Drugs, rhino horns flow to Vietnam by air

Just within one year, Vietnamese competent agencies discovered 17 drug trafficking cases in which 53.16 kilos of drugs, 138 kilos of elephant tusks and 28.61 kilos of rhino horns were carried across the border gates.

Eating red book’s wildlife now in fashion among the rich

Many gibbons, langurs, loris in the deep jungle have been hunted, bred in captivity to entertain people. Others have been killed to turn into the special dishes served at the parties of the rich.

Thousands of elephants massacred to decorate the rich’s houses

Collecting elephant tusks is now in fashion among the rich men who believe that the tusks can show the upper class of their owners.

Vietnam steps up wildlife conservation

A meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Wildlife Consumption in Vietnam ” (WLC) project took place on May 3 in Hanoi to strengthen biodiversity conservation in the country.

Online wildlife market bustling

Staying out of the reach of the state agencies, remaining anonymous and bearing no limitation, the wildlife market on Internet has got more bustling than ever.

The technology of infusing rice flour into pangolin

According to the wildlife conservation society, Vietnam is the gateway through which pangolins are smuggled and carried to China.