Popular questions about the Hoan Kiem Turtle
1. What do they eat? These large softshells are mostly carnivorous, eating fish, insects and dead animals. Some local fishermen ... Read More
Testing the Sedi-turtle in Hanoi
Over the 10th and 11th of June 2009 a workshop was held in Hanoi, Vietnam with a focus on restoring ... Read More
Reintroduction preparations for captive bred Vietnamese Pond Turtles
The Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (CMZ) has worked since 1998 to promote TFT conservation through awareness, ... Read More
Critically Endangered Turtles Rescued from Trade
Forest Rangers and Environmental Police in Quang Ngai province recently confiscated 19 turtles from the home of a trader including ... Read More
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
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