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Volleyball matches celebrate the new lunar year in central Vietnam and raise awareness to a highly threatened local turtle

ATP Team9th March 2015

The Lunar New Year, known as the Tet holiday, in Vietnam is the longest and most significant national holiday, on ... Read More

New no fishing zone created to protect the world’s rarest turtle

ATP Team9th February 2015

From the 3rd to the 9th of February 2015, two no fishing zones were created in Dong Mo lake, Son Tay district, ... Read More

Phu Yen: A growing trend called hunting golden turtles

ATP Team28th January 2015

Recently, many people from local mountain areas in Phu Yen have ceased faming jobs to chase the Vietnamese Pond turtle ... Read More

New nesting beach built in the hope of attracting the worlds rarest turtle

ATP Team27th January 2015

From the 12th to 17th January 2015 staffs from the Asian Turtle program (ATP) have worked to create an artificial nesting beach ... Read More

Worlds most distinguished turtle experts gather at Hoan Kiem Lake to reminisce

ATP Team22nd January 2015

From the 17th – 20th of January 2015, Dr Peter Pritchard has been visiting northern Vietnam. As one of the world’s most ... Read More

New Developments at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC), Vietnam

ATP Team30th December 2014

2014 has seen many significant developments at the turtle conservation centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. The TCC, with ... Read More

Protect the endemic and critically endangered Vietnam Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) in Central Vietnam via communicate activity- Countryside football

ATP Team11th June 2014

Vietnam Pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis) is one of three endemic and critically endangered species of turtle of Vietnam. Lowland wetland ... Read More

4 endangered Keeled box turtles (Cuora mouhotii) transferred to the TCC after student training

ATP Team23rd May 2014

On the 27th March 2014 during the annual Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Field Skill Training Course held in Cuc Phuong National ... Read More

Conservation library in Central Vietnam raises awareness to conservation of high school students in priority areas

ATP Team11th February 2014

Lowland wetlands in Vietnam represent some of the most threatened habitat in the country, heavily used for rice cultivation they ... Read More

CEPF Report on findings of ATP survey and awareness activities for critically endangered Tortoises and Freshwater turtle species in Central Vietnam

ATP Team16th January 2014

This report presents findings by the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of survey and awareness activities for critically endangered Tortoise and ... Read More