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Dozens of officials go on trial for theft

Forty three defendants, including an unprecedented number of 31 customs officials of the Mekong Delta’s An Giang Province and HCM City, went on trial yesterday on suspicion of appropriating hundreds of billion dong from the State.

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Nearly 7kg of suspected rhino horn seized in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 7kg of suspected rhinoceros horn was discovered in the luggage of three women travelling from Bangkok to Hanoi on November 1.

A Vietnamese and a Chinese arrested for ivory smuggling

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officials have arrested a Chinese woman and a Vietnamese man at Suvarnabhumi Airport after they allegedly tried to smuggle out elephant tusks and ivory products worth about BAT9 million.