Programme helps fight wildlife violations in Vietnam
The Nature Education Centre recently announced the findings of a programme on the assessment of the spread of wildlife violations in 42 districts of nine provinces and cities with the involvement of 12,840 trading establishments, in an effort to ease the phenomenon. The programme, which was started in 2013, found that Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta detected the highest rate of violation, 16 percent, and Ho Chi Minh City and Thua Thien – Hue province the lowest, with respectively 8 percent and 7 percent. It is noteworthy that Hanoi authorities successfully dealt with violation cases with the highest rate – 65 percent.
