Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park released 17 rescued animals from seven species, including a Sunda pangolin and three pygmy slow lorises, on 8 October. It was the park's fifth release of 2026, bringing the year's total to 220.
An Australia-funded UNDP recovery project in Thái Nguyên province has built 20 flood-resilient homes, repaired 100 more and given cash aid to 1,340 households after the 2025 typhoons Bualoi and Matmo.
A fisherman in Vietnam's Ca Mau province found a green turtle of about 70 kg tangled in his net, cared for it overnight and called the border guards, who released it into the sea the next morning.
Ho Chi Minh City forest rangers released 84 rescued animals from 13 species into the Dong Nai Nature and Culture Reserve, part of an ongoing program that has returned over 1,400 animals to protected habitats since 2022.
