One of the world’s rarest turtles rescued in Vietnam
On Wednesday the 26th of November 2008 a local fisherman from Son Tram Commune, Son Tay district, Ha Noi (previously Ha ... Read More
ATP News
New surveys for the Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) identify additional suitable habitat for the species
During late May and early June the Asian Turtle Program’s (ATP) carried out interview surveys in the central Vietnamese province ... Read More
Finding the Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) in central Vietnam
From the 16th of April to 15th of May 2006 interview surveys were conducted in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam ... Read More
Turtle Conservation Center (TCC)
The Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) is located at Cuc Phuong National Park, 120 kilometres to the south of Hanoi. It was established ... Read More
Lucky turtles saved from the cooking pot back in the wild
On the 28th of May 2007 193 freshwater turtles of four different species, Hieremys annandalii, Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Cuora amboinensis and Heosemys grandis, were released ... Read More
Mauremys annamensis recorded in natural habitat after 65 years
Vietnam – Efforts to find the Vietnamese pond turtle, Mauremys annamensis in the wild yielded a major success last week when a ... Read More
Endemic Vietnamese Pond turtles come home
Hanoi – Thursday May 11, 2006 – Yesterday, Cathay Pacific’s regular flight from Hong Kong delivered a special group of passengers ... Read More
New enclosures for hatchlings and juveniles at the TCC
The Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam, completed construction of several new enclosures for hatchling turtles in July ... Read More
Ranger training in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam
Ten forest rangers from Phong Nha National Park participated in a full day of training focused on identification of tortoises ... Read More
New Breeding Enclosure for Cuora galbinifrons at the Turtle Cuc Phuong Conservation Centre
Recent improvements have renovated one of the center’s earliest secure cages into a free-ranging breeding environment for the critically endangered ... Read More