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This is the first time Vietnam has destroyed such a large amount of trafficked elephant tusks and rhino horns (Photo: VNA)
This is the first time Vietnam has destroyed such a large amount of trafficked elephant tusks and rhino horns (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
Professor Samuel Wasser from Washington University, US, takes samples for DNA tests. (Photo: VNA)
Professor Samuel Wasser from Washington University, US, takes samples for DNA tests. (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
Samples are taken for DNA tests to find out the origin of the tusks and horns (Photo: VNA)
Samples are taken for DNA tests to find out the origin of the tusks and horns (Photo: VNA)
Checking a rhino horn (Photo: VNA)
Checking a rhino horn (Photo: VNA)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said he is committed to fight animal trafficking. (Photo: VNA)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said he is committed to fight animal trafficking. (Photo: VNA)
Tusks to be crushed (Photo: VNA)
Tusks to be crushed (Photo: VNA)
Crushed elephant tusks will be burned at about 1,200°C (Photo: VNA)
Crushed elephant tusks will be burned at about 1,200°C (Photo: VNA)
Representatives of international organisations light the fire to burn rhino horns (Photo: VNA)
Representatives of international organisations light the fire to burn rhino horns (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
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Vietnam destroys trafficked elephant tusks, rhino horns

More than 2 tonnes of elephant tusks and 70kg of rhino horns seized while illegally transported in and out of Vietnam were destroyed in Hanoi on November 12.
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