by Adam Cruise | Apr 29, 2023 | News
By Big News Network Vietnam has seized 11.8 kilograms of rhino horns and 4.7 kilograms of elephant ivory in checked-in luggage on a flight from Qatar, Vietnam News Agency reported on Thursday. Customs officers at Noi Bai international airport in Vietnam’s...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 9, 2023 | News
By Khanh Vu, Reuters HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 17, 2022 | News
By Vietnam Plus Six tonnes of smuggled ivory tusks and pangolin scales have been discovered in a container at Tien Sa Port in the central city of Da Nang. Customs officials in collaboration with relevant forces on January 11 decided to inspect what had been declared...
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...