January 3, 2012
Leeches have been spreading rapidly in Ho Chi Minh City ’s Hoc Mon District. Locals began breeding them based on demand from China , but dumped them in local fields and other areas after the main buyer closed shop three months ago. Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has issued a ban on the breeding of leeches [...]
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July 15, 2011
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has listed the Red-eared slider as an invasive species. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a list of 33 invasive species of plants and animals found in Vietnam. In a new circular released last week, the ministry defined invasive species as those invading the habitat of or [...]
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December 24, 2010
A red eared slider on the carapace of the endangered giant soft-shell turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake. It might have been a cute photograph for a coffee-table book. A small turtle riding piggyback on a larger one. Given that it was taken at Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, it could have also meant something to [...]
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November 27, 2010
Red-eared sliders at the Thien Quang Well in Hanoi’s Temple of Literature Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake and Temple of Literature are seeing a boom in red-eared slider population.  Every morning, scores of sliders climb up on rocks and branches in the lake to sunbathe, according to VnExpress.  Vendors in the area say pagoda [...]
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