According to people's reflections, the monkey weighs about 15 - 20 kg, male breed, often goes down to crowded areas, climbs trees, roofs, vehicles parked along roads and enters gardens to find food. Many households have their crops and fruit trees destroyed by monkeys such as bananas, plums and some other agricultural products.
Ms. Nguyen Thuy An, group 7 - Quyet Tam, To Hieu ward, said that the monkey individual appeared from around January 2026, but mainly appeared at night, with a low frequency.
But for about a week now, the monkey has shown signs of becoming more and more humane and expanding its scope of activities, more aggressive. This morning (May 12), the monkey even went down to the gate of Quyet Tam Primary School to tease students," Ms. An recounted.
The monkey bit 5 car tires of people after parking near this area. In addition, there have been cases of dogs and chickens of surrounding people being attacked by monkeys.
Ms. Phan Thi Thin - Deputy Head of Forest Protection Department Region XII (Son La) said that through initial verification, currently Quyet Tam area has 3 wild monkey individuals, including 2 large individuals and 1 small individual.
Among them, there is an adult, quite bold individual, who often appears near the elementary school area at times when parents pick up and drop off students," Ms. Thin informed.
According to forest rangers, monkeys becoming more and more aggressive poses a potential risk of unsafety, especially for young children. If provoked by car horns, driven away or teased, monkeys can react aggressively.
Currently, the Forest Protection Department of Region XII is coordinating with local authorities and functional forces to deploy a plan to monitor and encircle. However, the arrest in recent days has not been effective because monkeys move quickly, are highly vigilant and appear erratically.
Functional forces have issued warnings to people and schools in To Hieu ward, requesting them not to approach, feed or arbitrarily drive away monkeys to avoid dangerous incidents.
When monkeys are detected, people need to keep a safe distance and promptly notify local authorities or forest rangers for coordination in handling.
