Vietnam’s pet industry sees double-digit growth in 2023
The pet industry in Vietnam reported a 35 percent year-on-year rise in 2023 as dogs and cats have been increasingly valued, heard the Super Pet Fest held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.
Bird flu suspected of killing dozens of captive tigers in Vietnam
Tigers at resort in Dong Nai province died after being fed sick chicken, additional deaths reported in other locations.
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province, with locals and media reports suggesting a brutal heatwave and the lake’s management are to blame.
Meet Bigfoot chicken that roam Vietnam dining tables during Tet
Known for their strangely large feet, Dong Tao chicken has for generations been a delicacy in Vietnam and mostly consumed during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Hundreds of cattle succumb to winter’s cold
270 cattle from mountainous localities in northern and north-central Vietnam succumbed to the severe cold wave last week, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention.
A Vietnamese restaurant that drowned up to 300 cats a month has shut. Its owner apologized for slaughtering pets.
A Vietnamese restaurant that drowned up to 300 cats a month to feed diners has closed down.
Push to free chained elephants at Hanoi zoo
Legs in iron chains and unable to roam freely, the treatment of two elderly elephants at the Hanoi public zoo has drawn outrage in Vietnam, with animal rights groups demanding the pair be relocated.
Foreigners shocked by eating dog in Vietnam
When Australian Elizabeth Homfary passed by a local market in the HCMC neighborhood of Thao Dien a few years ago, she was frightened by a “strange” meatshop.
Official calls for dog, cat meat ban in Hanoi
Hanoi should phase out the trading and consumption of dog and cat meat, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.
One of Hanoi’s last Hoan Kiem turtles dies
An endangered Hoan Kiem Turtle, among the last of its kind, has died at a Hanoi lake.
Vung Tau’s landmark dog track closing after 23 years
The Lam Son Greyhound Racetrack in the southern beach town Vung Tau, the largest in Southeast Asia, will shut down when its latest license expires on March 10.
Vietnam jails trafficker for 13 years over 10-tonne haul of ivory, rhino horn
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns, police said.
Vietnam police find 2,000 dead cats intended for traditional medicine
Vietnamese police have discovered around 2,000 dead cats intended for use in traditional medicine, state media said Friday (Feb 17).
Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit
As China gears up to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Lunar New Year looks slightly different in Vietnam, where the Year of the Cat is about to begin.
Tourism blamed for monkey menace on Hoi An islands
People on the Cham Islands off Hoi An say wild monkeys are invading their homes and stealing their food.
Probe finds Vietnam faltering in bid to curb wildlife trade, animal suffering
Blinking slowly, the waterbird can’t move. A male greater painted-snipe, he’s tightly tethered to the top of a wire cage among half a dozen of his species.
In Vietnam, farmers show a willingness to work with the elephant in the room
Human-wildlife conflict is a threat to species such as the Asian elephant and to the livelihoods and well-being of people living in the vicinity of these animals.
Pigs die en masse after getting Vietnam’s home-grown vaccine
At least 100 pigs have died in the central Phu Yen Province within a week of getting a shot of an African swine fever vaccine made by a Vietnamese firm.
Gang arrested after stealing 100 dogs a night
Police in the north central province of Nghe An have arrested six members of a dog theft gang on allegations of stealing around 100 dogs every night.
Vietnam works with US to make first african swine fever vaccine
Southeast Asian nation first to start commercial production. Deadly hog virus slashed herds in China, elsewhere in Asia.
Vietnam’s whale worshippers
Within shoreline communities, whales are gods of the southern sea
Abusement parks in Vietnam : The dark side of entertaining tourists on Monkey Island
Monkeys riding dogs and bears wearing tutus, while driving a buggy. These kind of stunts might make a few tourists laugh at one Vietnamese resort, but others call it ‘torture island’.
Cattle die of cold in northern Vietnam
The cold spell that has hit northern Vietnam since last week has killed 1,000 buffaloes, cows and goats in some mountain provinces.
Vietnam tourist city pledges to phase out dog and cat meat
The custom of eating dog meat has waned as incomes rise and the affluent keep the animals as pets
Hanoi sends rhino horn trader to jail for 14 years
A Hanoi court has sentenced Do Minh Toan to 14 years’ imprisonment for trading and trafficking rhino horns, a tough verdict welcomed by experts.
Wildlife trade hub Vietnam is also hub of impunity for traffickers, report says
Only one in every seven wildlife seizures made in Vietnam in the past decade has resulted in convictions, a new report by the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency has found.