Graffiti calls for an end to rhino horn use in Vietnam

(VNF) - 17 walls in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City are being covered with rhino-themed graffiti to call for an end to the use of rhino horn in Vietnam.

Graffiti under Bui Huu Nghia Bridge, Dakao Ward. (Source: Facebook/ WildAid Việt Nam)

The event, took place from February 26^th- March 26^th, was part of the “Rhino Street Art Week” which features street art and interactive activities to convey anti-rhino horn messages to the public.

For the third time in HCMC, a street art event was held to raise awareness of rhino protection with the participation of many talented artists.

This is the art project to raise awareness of Vietnamese people about hunting and consumption of rhino horn, which gradually putting this rare species to the brink of extinction.

At the Dien Bien Phu roundabout, Dakao Ward. (Source: Facebook/ WildAid Việt Nam)

The 17 old walls will be kept intact after the week ends so as to encourage people to protect rhinos.

Statistics show that there are only 25,000 wild rhinos in the world at present, dropping by 95 per cent over the last 40 years.

Conservationists warned that rhinos will become extinct within the next 10 years if poaching is not stopped.

The last Java rhino in Vietnam was killed at Cat Tien National Park in 2010./.

The graffiti by local and foreign artists is part of the "Stop using Rhino horn” campaign jointly organized by Vietnamese NGO CHANGE and Ho Chi Minh City authorities. (Source: Facebook/ WildAid Việt Nam)

Graffiti wall at 36 Le Loi Street, Ben Nghe Ward with a message "No more buyer, no more poacher". (Source: Facebook/ WildAid Việt Nam)

117 Alley, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Pham Ngu Lao Ward. (Source: Facebook/ WildAid Việt Nam)

The corner between Vo Van Kiet Street and Nguyen Van Cu Street. (Source: Facebook/ WildAid Việt Nam)

Compiled by VNF