Vietnam, chair of the Asia-Pacific Group at the United Nations (UN), co-hosted a regional workshop with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria on May 20, as part of the 34th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ 34).

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, attended the 34th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ34) in Vienna, Austria, on May 19, outlining Vietnam’s push to strengthen its criminal justice system and spearhead international cooperation against cybercrime.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang, on behalf of the Government, presented a draft law on amendments to the Penal Code at the ongoing National Assembly session in Hanoi on May 20, proposing the removal of the death penalty for several crimes.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Azerbaijan will consider negotiating and signing legal documents, including those on crime prevention and law enforcement capacity-building.

VOV.VN - Lieut. Gen. Suvon Luongbunmi, vice chairman of the National Assembly of Laos, paid a working visit to Son La, a northern mountainous province, on April 23.

VOV.VN - The police in the central province of Nghe An uncovered a large-scale financial crime operation on April 22 involving a transnational money laundering network and gambling via website "xxx88".

Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Tran Quoc Khanh introduced African countries to the upcoming signing ceremony for the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi while attending the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 15th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held from April 8-10.

Drug crime and other related issues in the eight border provinces of Vietnam and Laos were under control in 2024, but several hotspots remained, heard a conference held in Vietnam's northern province of Dien Bien on March 26.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has come in fourth in Southeast Asia on a safety index by country for 2025 released by crowdsourced data platform Numbeo that has listed the world’s safest countries for travel in 2025 in terms of crime.

VOV.VN - Cambodia and Vietnam have treasured a long-standing friendship and multifaceted cooperation for decades and this good neighbourly relationship will remain unchanged in the future despite global changes, said Deputy Prime Minister Neth Savoeun.