First Vietnamese conservationist receives largest environment award
The Director of Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, Nguyen Van Thai, has become the first Vietnamese wildlife conservationist and the only Asian so far to receive the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize – the world’s most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activists.
The prize honours grassroots environmental heroes from the world’s six inhabited continental regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.
