To encourage collective efforts of the youth, media, government, and private sectors to conserve biodiversity, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), with support from the European Union (EU) and Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA), Viet Nam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam, conducted the first leg of the ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes Regional Forum at the Ha Noi University of Natural Resources and Environment (HUNRE) from 26 to 27 March 2018.