The Vietnam Wildlife Action Center (WildAct) has just coordinated with the Management Board of Chu Yang Sin National Park (NP) to organize the 2026 Chu Yang Sin Forest Ranger Award.
This is the third time the event has been organized, to honor and recognize the silent but extremely important contributions of the forest protection force in forest conservation and biodiversity.
After a process of evaluating and voting dozens of inspiring stories, 10 awards with a total value of 100 million VND were awarded to individuals and teams with outstanding achievements in the past time. The Specialized Patrol category was awarded to deserving individuals.
Forest Protection Officer Ho Phi Sinh - Forest Protection Station No. 6: Implemented 67 days of forest patrol; discovered 90 traps and 1 shack, directly dismantled 30 traps and 1 shack; rescued and re-released 11 animal individuals: 4 turtles, 5 monkeys, 2 pythons; participated in 10 communication sessions with 142 households and 24 days of propaganda and coordination in forest fire prevention.
Forest Ranger officer Hoang Van Ha - Forest Ranger Station No. 9, contributed with his teammates to discover, remove and remove from the forest more than 1,000 traps, 1,500 traps and 12 illegal camps; directly participated in 75 days of forest patrols, 20 days of propaganda and forest fire prevention; participated in 2 scientific studies at CYS National Park and participated in educational and communication activities in nearly 10 villages, communes and schools.
Forest Ranger officer Dinh Van Thong - Forest Ranger Station No. 5 participated in 4 forest patrols at CYS National Park; removed 15 animal traps, prevented 34 people from illegally entering the forest, dismantled 3 camps and seized 1 motorbike; transferred 2 wild cat individuals, participated in 12 forest planting drives and carried out forest protection propaganda at 5 locations, reaching about 700 people.
The Community participation in patrol category was awarded to Mr. Duong Van Dung - Resident, Member of the Forest Protection Patrol Community Group, who previously participated in hunting, now Mr. Dung has become an active member of CCT, participating in 21 long-day patrols and handling 846 traps and 2 homemade guns.
The Science and Technology Application category was awarded to official Hoang Thi Huong - Forest Protection Management Board, who made outstanding contributions to the management, operation and application of technology.
The Community category selected Mr. Giang Seo Thang - Member of the Forest Protection Patrol Community Team.
The Vinh Danh Su Cong Hien category was awarded to Mr. Loc Xuan Nghia - Director of Chu Yang Sin National Park.
5 collective prizes: Green Forest Spirit Award honoring the most outstanding achievements belonging to Forest Ranger Station No. 9; Steadfast Footprint Award honoring Forest Ranger Station No. 5; Green Shield Award honoring the effective work of the Mobile Group; Green Echo Award honoring the work of the Department of Science and International Cooperation.
The Inspiration Award honoring the collective of local people joining hands to protect the forest belongs to the Forest Protection Patrol Community Team.
Mr. Loc Xuan Nghia - Director of Chu Yang Sin National Park shared about the meaning of the award: "For us, this is a highly anticipated award this year with important meaning, honoring to create more motivation for officials to continue to contribute. This year, the award becomes even more special when the inspiring stories of officials are widely shared by audiences on social networking platforms.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang - Founder and Director of WildAct affirmed: "WildAct is committed to continuing to stand side by side with the frontline forces in the journey of preserving Chu Yang Sin forest in all aspects, both material and spiritual, like this Award. We also hope that the program will be replicated in many other areas, where forest rangers are still persistently and silently protecting precious forests day and night.
Chu Yang Sin National Park, nearly 60,000 hectares wide, currently has about 100 full-time forest rangers - that is, on average, each ranger has to patrol an area of up to 600 hectares.
They face many dangers, from rugged terrain, natural disasters to attacks from illegal loggers. In 2018, a VQG official was shot 17 times by illegal loggers during a patrol, and is still alive with 5 shrapnel fragments in his body to this day.
In that context, the Chu Yang Sin Forest Ranger Award is of great significance in adding motivation for officials to continue to persistently stick with the nature protection profession.