Illegal loggers in Vietnam train as jungle tour guides

Nguyen Ngoc Anh was an illegal logger turned forest protector, at Phong Nha National Park in Vietnam, on April 8, 2022. - Reuters

PHONG NHA, Vietnam (Reuters): Vietnamese logger turned jungle tour guide Ngoc Anh knows the value of trees.

For years he chopped them down illegally to sell as timber, often working with others to carry 100-kg logs out of a rapidly thinning forest.