Directive No. 29/CT-TTg on a Number of Urgent Solutions for Wildlife Management.

In order to ensure strict enforcement of the wildlife management laws, it is instructed to stop the import of living or dead wildlife, eggs, larvae, organs and derivatives of wildlife species (except for aquatic species serving the production and processing of food and animal feed that have been announced in accordance with the law; parts of wildlife that have been processed as medicinal herbs, used as raw materials for production or finished products) until there is a new direction from the Prime Minister or in special cases permitted by the Prime Minister. All cases of wildlife import in contradiction to this Directive must be strictly dealt as illegal activities in accordance with the law on wildlife; for wildlife, which has been granted export permit by a foreign CITES management agency to Vietnam, the border-gate customs office will request the commodity owner to return it to the place of export. In case the goods owner fails to do so or the goods owner cannot be identified, it shall be handled in accordance with Vietnamese law as illegal wildlife.
The Prime Minister further requests: to resolutely eliminate marketplaces and places for illegal trade of wild animals; to strictly control and handle acts of illegally hunting, catching, trading in, transporting wild animals; etc. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall evaluate the actual situation of pilot farming of tigers as approved in the Document No. 1761/VPCP-NN; intensify measures to supervise animal epidemics and veterinary hygiene at facilities raising and trading in wild animals; etc. The Ministry of National Defense and functional forces shall intensify patrols and strict control at border gates, border crossings and on the sea; stepping up public communication to raise the awareness of inhabitants in border areas about prohibition from illegally hunting, catching, raising, keeping in captivity, trading and transporting wild animals.