Source: Pano feed
Illustrative image. (Source: VNA)
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Customs officials at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport seized a Vietnamese man illegally transporting 21 kilograms of African elephant ivory tusk products into the country on June 30.
Illustrative image. (Source: VNA) Twenty elephant tusk-based products were secretly hidden in the luggage belonging to the man, who was returning from France.
Investigation in the case is ongoing.
Ivory-based products sell at a high price to Vietnamese buyers. The government has banned both the import of elephant tusks and the hunting of elephants for tusks.
Last month, a 13 million USD project was approved by the government aimed at protecting wild elephants in the country.-VNA
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