At the event (Photo: VNA)The event, the first of its kind, was co-organised by theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment, the World Bank in Vietnam, andthe World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam).
In his remarks, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment Vo Tuan Nhan said the event aimed to acknowledge conservation initiativesand solutions and encourage further contributions to the protection of bio diversity in the time to come.
On behalf of the eight honoured organisations, Prof. Dr. NguyenQuang Truong from the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, said it isthe first honour programme dedicated to wildlife conservation.
He considered it an occasion for the society to think about the works of scientists and conservators in the field.
Over the pastdecade, Truong’s institute detected more than 600 new species in Vietnam.
Representing 13 individualshonourees, Nguyen Van Thai, Director of Save Vietnam’s Wildlife – SVW, said theaward will inspire Vietnamese people so that each person will contribute alittle to make a big change for the country, creating a more livableenvironment, safe forests, and protected wildlife.
Also among theseindividuals, Vo Manh Hung, a reporter from the Vietnam News Agency’s onlinenewspaper VietnamPlus, said he is honoured and encouraged to work harder in thejourney ahead. Hung has accompanied forest rangers and competent agencies inrescuing thousands of wild animals across the nation over the past years.
According to the departmentof nature conservation and biodiversity under the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment, about 51,400 species have so far been detected in Vietnam./.
VNA
