According to the Lao Cai Border Guard Command, the investigation stems from an incident detected on January 15 during a special operation targeting cross-border crimes.

Border guard officers, acting on intelligence, conducted surveillance along Phan Dinh Giot Street, where they observed three Chinese nationals leaving a local guesthouse and boarding a private vehicle suspected of involvement in illegal activity.

The officers followed the vehicle to an area near the Red River embankment, where the three individuals transferred to a taxi. Border guards stopped the taxi shortly afterward and found that the three passengers, all Chinese nationals, were unable to produce valid immigration documents.

Authorities also inspected the initial vehicle, which was driven by a Vietnamese national identified as Bui Duc Tung, born in 1993 and residing in Lao Cai. All individuals, along with the vehicles and related documents, were taken to the Lao Cai International Border Gate Border Post for questioning.

Based on Tung’s statements, border guards coordinated with provincial police to inspect the guesthouse, where three additional Chinese nationals were discovered without valid entry or residence documents.

During interrogation, Tung admitted to providing transportation services for Chinese nationals who had entered Vietnam illegally. He said he was contacted in August 2025 by an unidentified individual using a messaging application, who offered to pay for transporting migrants between Hanoi and border areas in Lao Cai province.

Tung told investigators that from December 2025 until his arrest, he personally carried out or directed drivers under his management to conduct 24 such trips, receiving approximately VND125 million (about US$5,000) in total.

Further investigation is underway.

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