Visit to Vietnam

Abstract

During a two-week visit to Vietnam the author was able to take one 200-km journey into the countryside, and to talk with the Foreign Minister as well as several scientists. He found that both people and government were concerned about wildlife and that the government would be receptive to offers of help with field surveys. Fortunately the only national park lies outside the areas affected by the herbicides in the war. Elephants survive on the Laos border, but there is no news of kouprey. Rhinos may not be extinct, and tigers have increased, but several of Vietnam’s many species and sub-species of monkeys are endangered. © 1982, Fauna and Flora International. All rights reserved.