Vietnam | Officials confiscate 13 rhino horns, other illegal items from shipment out of South Africa

HANOI (Reuters) - Authorities in Vietnam seized 13 rhinoceros horns and related items from South Africa on Friday, just two weeks after the seizure of a ton of illegal wild life products, state media said.

Vietnam is a major consumer of rhino horn, which is believed to have medical powers, and a transit point for elephant ivory to consumers mostly in China and the United States, destined to be made into jewelry and home decorations.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-southafrica-rhino/vietnam-seizes-13-rhino-horns-shipped-from-south-africa-idUSKCN1MM1CT

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