Kenyan elephants threatened by Vietnam's illegal ivory market Vietnam is now one of the world’s biggest illegal ivory markets, with the number of ivory items for sale rising more than 6 times between 2008 and 2015, according to a new survey published by Kenyan Save the Elephants. No other country is known to be as active in both illegal imports of new raw tusks and illegal exports of the final ivory products presenting a growing threat to Africa’s elephants. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES