Decree No.06/2019/ND-CP on the management of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals and implements the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

This Decree provides for a list of endangered, precious and rare species of forest fauna and flora; management and protection of and procedures for exploitation endangered, precious and rare species of forest fauna and flora; nurture of usual forest fauna; observation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Vietnam.
Hunting, capture exploitation, nurture, slaughter, storage, processing, transportation and sale of endangered, precious and rare species of forest fauna and flora must not produce harmful effects on the existence, growth and development of such species in nature. Conditions for export, import, re-export and introduction from the sea of natural specimens of CITES-listed endangered species of wild fauna and flora include: 1. A CITES permit or certificate prescribed in Article 22 hereof is required. 2. Specimens of CITES-listed species that are personal belongings or family appliances may be exempt from the CITES permit or certificate if: a) they are not used for commercial purpose; b) they are associated to their owner or are family appliances; c) their number does not exceed the number specified by the CITES management authority of Vietnam.