THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Official Dispatch No. 2386/BNN-TCLN dated July 17, 2013 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on strengthening international trade control in specimens protected by CITES
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To:
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- The Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
- People’s Committees of central-affiliated cities and provinces;
- Vietnam Airlines Corporation
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Vietnam has entered into the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 1994. According to CITES and the Government's Decree No. 82/2006/NĐ-CP dated August 10, 2006 on the management of export, import, re-export, import by sea, transit, breeding, propagation, and culture of endangered and rare wild fauna and flora, every import of species in CITES appendices must obtain the license issued by the CITES agency of the exporting country and the import license issued by the CITES of Vietnam; the breeding facilities in CITES appendices must be registered with competent authorities.
