Wildlife Conservation Society
Short Name
WCS
Address Line 1
#1302, Thanh Cong Tower - 57 Lang Ha - Dong Da
Address Line 2
Street - Number and Name
57 Lang Ha
District
City
Hanoi
Province – Vietnam
Phone
+844-35149750
Fax
+844 - 35190383
Email Address
Contact Person – Vietnam
Ms. Hoang Bich Thuy - Country Program Director
Vietnam Website
International Website
International Headquarters
Mission Statement
The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.
History of operations in Vietnam
WCS has been working to address wildlife trade in Vietnam since 2005 by developing broad relationships with the Forest Protection Department (FPD), CITES Management Authority (MA), Police, Customs, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and many other agencies and individuals. We have established a well-respected presence in the country, and generated a wide range of reliable data on a number of wildlife trade issues, including commercial wildlife farming, illegal wildlife trade dynamics in Southern and Central Vietnamese provinces, and cross-border trade with China in Quang Ninh Province. We have trained over 850 law enforcement officers from a range of agencies in wildlife crime investigation and enforcement techniques, and distributed a number of technical handbooks and guides. We have assisted central agencies to review and propose criminal intelligence analysis systems, inter-agency agreements, and national legislation, and have supported bi-lateral dialogues between Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Indonesia