Vietnam destroys ivory from 330 elephants and 23 rhinos killed by poachers

Vietnamese authorities have destroyed more than two tonnes of seized elephant ivory and rhino horns ahead of a key international conference on wildlife trafficking.

The 2,200kg (nearly 5,000lbs) of seized material - estimated to be worth more than seven million dollars (€6.4m) on the black market - came from some 330 African elephants and 23 rhinos which were slaughtered by poachers.