Injuring or endangering animals

Targeted for their fins, oceanic whitetips are caught up by indiscriminate fishing techniques. Their global population has dropped 98 percent in the last 60 years, said Nick Dulvy, the study's senior author and a professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU). … [Read more...] about Dramatic shark decline leaves ‘gaping hole’ in ocean: study

Thanks to such a significant growth seen in December, the country’s animal feed export turnover in 2020 reached over $800 million, up 17 per cent compared to 2019 with China, Cambodia and the US being the three largest consumption markets, accounting for over 10 per cent of the nation’s total export value. … [Read more...] about Animal feed exports poised to hit $1 billion mark

According to the Ministry, all species of sturgeon have been listed in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 1998. Sturgeon is listed in Appendix II, whereby international trade is regulated by governments through a system of permits and CITES in Vietnam ordered to tighten monitor on its origin. … [Read more...] about Ministry orders to tighten import of sturgeon with clear origin

Studies have also suggested the pangolin may have been the intermediate host that transmitted the coronavirus to humans when it first emerged at a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. … [Read more...] about Nigeria seizes pangolin scales bound for Vietnam

VinFast estimated it sold a total of 29,485 vehicles in 2020, including 18,016 Fadil cars, 6,013 Lux A2.0 cars and 5,456 Lux SA2.0 models. From 2022, VinFast plans to introduce two more gasoline-powered cars and three electric models, expected to account for 30 per cent of the car market share in Viet Nam. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 26