By Victoria Schneider Vietnam, a major hub for rhino horn trafficking, is in the spotlight at an international meeting this ...

Illegal wildlife trade in threatened and protected species and their parts is occurring in plain sight online in Vietnam, according to a recent assessment by monitoring watchdog TRAFFIC.

The new evidence shows that online buyers and sellers continue to operate openly with little fear of repercussions.

A team of scientists from Vietnam and Germany now show that the ... of Ecological Dynamics at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW). "This inspired us to look beyond ...

HANOI--Vietnam announced Friday that it was banning wildlife imports and would close wildlife markets in response to renewed concerns about the threat from diseases that can jump from animals to ...

a UK-based wildlife trade monitoring network, in 2012. According to that report the Vietnam Embassy in Pretoria “has been repeatedly implicated in illicit rhino horn trade”. TRAFFIC reported ...

Vietnam's apparent reluctance to share DNA samples of smuggled horns with South Africa - the country with the largest remaining populations of rhinos in the world, albeit decimated by a relentless wav ...