Fishing Agreement Signed to Conserve World’s Rarest Turtle
About 40 km from the centre of Hanoi lies a spectacular Dong Mo Lake. It was created in 1971 through ... Read More
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New net gets installed to protect the Dong Mo Turtle.
We are very relieved to get a new net installed in Dong Mo Lake, following continued heavy rain last week ... Read More
School children in Vietnam learn about the world’s rarest turtle living next door
From the 11th to 15th September 2017 the annual school program was held for secondary school children living close to the world’s ... Read More
Typhoon Doksuri hits Vietnam, the most powerful storm in a decade puts the world’s rarest turtle at risk.
At 10.00 on the 15th of September, 2017, Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in Ha Tinh province, central Vietnam. Bring wind speeds ... Read More
Kids Football matches for turtle conservation in Dong Mo Lake, Vietnam
From the 13th July to the 12th August 2017, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) worked with the Youth ... Read More
Native fish species released at Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam
Last Friday, the 19th of May 2017, Hanoi Fishery Department (FD) held the first ever meeting on the releasing of native ... Read More
Third boat race organised in support of the world rarest freshwater turtle.
On the 18th of May 2017, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo Myanmar Conservation (IMC) worked in collaboration with Hanoi ... Read More
The ‘Dong Mo Football Cup’ organised to support conservation of the world’s rarest turtle
From 31st of January to the 09th of February 2017, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) in collaboration with ... Read More
Happy New Year 2017
Happy new year from the Dong Mo Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) photographed by the ATP team on the 3rd January 2017. Please ... Read More
Net preventing the Dong Mo Rafetus swinhoei from escaping replaced
At the end of September 2016 the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo Myanmar Conservation (IMC) has replaced the large ... Read More