Vietnam traditional medicine workshop addresses wildlife trade

Participants discuss innovative solutions to eradicate treatments using endangered wild animals and their derivatives at a workshop in Hanoi on June 8. — VNS

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): More than 60 traditional medicine (TM) doctors, practitioners, and students discussed innovative solutions to eradicate treatments using endangered wild animals at a workshop in Hanoi on Wednesday (June 8).

The event was jointly organised by TRAFFIC, a non-governmental organisation working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, in partnership with the Vietnam Oriental Traditional Medicine Association.