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An estimated 3,000 tons of wildlife meat is consumed and exported into China from Vietnam each year.

Source:  “Over 2 tons of wildlife and animal bones seized,” VietNam Net, March 11, 2010.

The Ministry of Public Security reported that there were 146,731 drug addicts in the country in 2009, down 26,872 people from 2008 figures.

Source: “More foreign drug smugglers entering Vietnam: ministry,” Vietnam Bridge, February 2, 2010.

The Ministry of Public Security in Vietnam reported that 21,086 people were arrested for drug smuggling within the country in 2009.

Source: “More foreign drug smugglers entering Vietnam: ministry,” Vietnam Bride, February 2, 2010.

Between 1998 and 2010, the tiger population in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma/Myanmar dropped 70 percent, from 1,200 tigers in 1998 to 350 in 2010.

Source: AFP, “Mekong tiger population at ‘crisis point’: WWF,” Yahoo News, January 26, 2010.

Up to 30,000 dogs are illegally smuggled across borders from Thailand and into Vietnam and Laos to be sold for its meat. The dogs are sold by traffickers for an average of $10 a dog, thus creating an estimated $3.6 Million market.

Source:  Patrick Winn, “The Dog Meat Mafia: Corruption,” GlobalPost, November 27, 2009.

In the first six months of 2009, illegal logging in Vietnam cut down 3,200 acres or 1,300 hectares of forest.

Source:  Marth Ann Overland, “After Typhoon, Illegal Logging Back in Spotlight in Vietnam,” Time, October 22, 2009.

15 to 20 percent of all cigarettes smoked in Vietnam are smuggled, leading to $161.8 Million in tax losses each year.

Source:  Truc Quynh, “Cigarette smuggling difficult to stub out,” The Vietnam Nation, March 28, 2009.

In 2004, there were over 300 rare Red Pine Trees in Vietnam.  Due to illegal logging, by 2009 there were less than 100 trees standing.

The trees are popular due to their medicinal purposes.

Source:  H. Huong, “Illegal logging drives rare pine to edge of extinction,” SGGP, October 8, 2009.

A survey published by Neilson found that 45 percent of the total retail revenue in Hanoi and 35 percent of total retail sales in Ho Chi Minh city are counterfeit.

Source: “Counterfeit goods selling well thanks to economic downturn,” Vietnam Net Bridge, September 17, 2009.