A communication campaign highlighting the illegality of ivory product trade is being rolled out in Vietnam, targeting international tourists.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 3 for a delegation from the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), the ruling Party of Ivory Coast.

VOV.VN - The customs officers and police forces operating in Hai Phong recently detected and seized a huge amount of ivory smuggled into Vietnam from Africa.

A delegation from the Cashew Exporters Association of Ivory Coast (AEC-CI) held a working session with representatives from the Cashew Association of Binh Phuoc province on December 7 on cooperation possibilities between the two sides.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wants to ramp up economic and trade cooperation with Ivory Coast, one of its leading trading partners in Africa, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told Adama Bictogo, president of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast.

VOV.VN - Adama Bictogo, president of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Vietnam from June 13 to 16 in a trip that will mark the first visit to the Southeast Asian nation made by a high-ranking leader of the Ivory Coast after 48 years since the establishment of joint diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - Adama Bictogo, president of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast, is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam on June 13 for an official four-day visit at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Vuong Dinh Hue.

VOV.VN - Adama Bictogo, president of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from June 13-16, according to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport have recently halted a haul of 11.8 kilograms of rhino horns and 4.7 kilograms of ivory elephant tusks smuggled into Vietnam.

Task forces in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 20 seized about 7 tonnes of tusks hidden in a container arriving at Nam Dinh Vu Port from Africa, according to the General Department of Customs.