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Reptile enforcement training in Thanh Hoa province, northern Vietnam focuses on the world rarest turtle

ATP Team18th December 2015

From the 16th to 17th of December 2015, a special enforcement-training course was held in Thanh Hoa province, northern Vietnam, for 25 ... Read More

Filming season at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Vietnam.

ATP Team23rd November 2015

Since the end of October 2015 it has been a busy time for the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) of Cuc ... Read More

Critical confiscation of highly endangered tortoises need help in Vietnam

ATP Team4th October 2015

One of the largest confiscations of highly threatened box turtles seen in Vietnam A large confiscation of tortoise and freshwater ... Read More

Endemic Vietnamese Pond Turtle benefits from protection agreement signed along with community football matches

ATP Team22nd September 2015

The Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) is an endemic specie, found only in the lowlands of central Vietnam from Da ... Read More

Turtles rescued in Nghe An province, Vietnam

ATP Team19th August 2015

On the morning of 14th of August 2015 a car was stopped in Village 3, Nghi Kim Commune, Vinh City, Nghe ... Read More

Tortoise and freshwater turtle fields records now being texted into the Vietnam office.

ATP Team24th July 2015

In a new development 2015 has seen the first case of useful field record information for tortoise and freshwater turtles ... Read More

Kids Football For turtle Conservation in Northern Vietnam

ATP Team22nd July 2015

From the 13th – 21st July 2015 the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) supported the kids football event in ... Read More

Turtle rescued in Da Nang City

ATP Team21st July 2015

On the 20th of July 2015, 20 Malayan Snail-eating turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga) were successfully transferred to the Turtle Conservation Center (TCC) ... Read More

U.S. Secretary of the Interior visits the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC), Vietnam.

ATP Team2nd July 2015

On the 1st of July 2015, Sally Jewell , U.S. Secretary of the Interior, visited Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh ... Read More

No hunting agreement from local fishermen helps protect the world’s rarest turtle

ATP Team30th June 2015

On the 15th of June 2015 the annual meeting was held for local fishermen around Dong Mo Lake in the outskirts ... Read More