VIETNAM STOPS IMPORT OF WILD ANIMALS
The Prime Minister issues the Directive No. 29/CT-TTg on a number of urgent solutions for wildlife management on July 23, 2020.
Accordingly, in order to ensure the strict implementation of the law on wildlife management, the Prime Minister requests: To stop import of wild animals, whether alive or dead; Ministries shall, within the ambit of their functions and competence, review relevant legal documents in order to propose competent authorities to revise or add sanctions; To resolutely eliminate marketplaces and places for illegal trade of wild animals; To strictly control and handle acts of illegally hunting, catching, trading in, transporting wild animals; etc.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall evaluate the actual situation of pilot farming of tigers as approved in the Document No. 1761/VPCP-NN; intensify measures to supervise animal epidemics and veterinary hygiene at facilities raising and trading in wild animals; etc.
The Ministry of National Defense and functional forces shall intensify patrols and strict control at border gates, border crossings and on the sea; stepping up public communication to raise the awareness of inhabitants in border areas about prohibition from illegally hunting, catching, raising, keeping in captivity, trading and transporting wild animals.
Besides, the Prime Minister also requests the Ministry of Health to direct the review of and manage medical and pharmaceutical trading establishments and establishments manufacturing drugs and medical products with ingredients taken from wild animals, ensuring that only wild animals of lawful origin are used in the medical and pharmaceutical industries.
