VOV.VN - Police in Ho Chi Minh City have filed charges against 35 people with illegally storing and trading toxic substances in connection with a large-scale cross-border cyanide smuggling ring, investigators said on May 23.

VOV.VN - Following an emergency alert from the World Health Organisation (WHO) over a new Ebola outbreak in Africa, Vietnam’s health sector has moved to strengthen surveillance measures amid concerns about the risk of cross-border transmission through international travel.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to accelerate support for businesses expanding exports through digital platforms and integrating more deeply into global supply chains as cross-border e-commerce emerges as a major driver of the country’s digital economy.

VOV.VN - A forum on “Vietnam–India Digital Economy and Cross-Border E-Commerce” held in Uttar Pradesh on May 18 is expected to open a new phase of cooperation between Vietnam and India in digital trade, fintech, artificial intelligence, and logistics, as the two countries target US$25 billion in bilateral trade by 2030

As people-to-people exchanges and cultural cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have continued to deepen, preserving and respecting the cultural and historical values of each nation remains a shared concern for communities in both countries.

Police in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa, in coordination with police in Laos’ Houaphanh province, have dismantled two cross-border drug trafficking cases, arresting four suspects and seizing more than 23kg of narcotics and precursor substances.

Vietnam Customs, in collaboration with the Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) Programme under the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), on May 13 held a ceremony to hand over equipment to the Narcotics Targeting Centre (NTC) and officially launch the centre’s new office.

Vietnam has rolled out a cross-border QR payment service with the Republic of Korea (RoK), marking a new step in financial connectivity between the two countries and supporting growing tourism and trade flows.

VOV.VN - A court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced two men to death and handed down life and prison terms to seven others in a major transnational drug trafficking case involving more than 143 kilograms of narcotics.

VOV.VN - Police in northern Cao Bang province have dismantled a large transnational cyber fraud ring that allegedly swindled more than VND2.3 trillion (about US$90 million), arresting dozens of suspects after a months-long investigation.