by Adam Cruise | Jul 18, 2020 | News
By Hoang Phong, Express International A court in Hanoi on Thursday sentenced three men to between 10-11 years in jail for trading 204 kg of African elephant tusks.Nguyen Van Nam, 38, considered a “kingpin” in a sophisticated criminal network...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 1, 2020 | News
By Vietnam News Director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Trịnh Lê Nguyên talks to Vietnamplus online newspaper on Việt Nam’s efforts to eliminate the wildlife trade. Can you tell us about the trading of animals listed in the Red Book in...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 26, 2019 | News
By The Free Press Journal The bust comes at the end of a year of big wildlife seizures destined for Vietnam, a hotbed of the illicit but lucrative trade in animal parts from elephants, pangolins, tigers and rhinos. Hanoi: Vietnam seized more than two tonnes of ivory...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2019 | News
By VietnamPlus With the rise of social networks, such as Zalo, Facebook, Youtube, etc., illegal trade of elephant ivories has been booming. Advertisements on non-sense miraculous effects of the item, such as chasing away evil spirits and bringing power,...