Vietnam Customs announced on March 4 that officers at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport have uncovered four inbound passengers from Taiwan (China) allegedly attempting to smuggle a total of 12.3 kg of yellow metal suspected to be gold into Vietnam.

The Department of Customs reported on February 27 that during a peak anti-smuggling campaign ahead of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, customs forces uncovered 35 cases and seized about 165kg of various drugs, including nearly 4.5kg of cocaine trafficked through Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese authorities are intensifying efforts to combat smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods as year-end shopping demand surges ahead of the Lunar New Year, raising risks of market disruptions and consumer harm.

VOV.VN - Authorities in Hai Phong city have destroyed 159 pieces of elephant tusks weighing a total of 615 kilograms, which were illegally smuggled from Africa,

VOV.VN - The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has completed its investigation and recommended prosecution of eight individuals involved in a large-scale gold smuggling operation from China to Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc highlighted the importance of implementing anti-money laundering measures in transactions on real estate and virtual currency trading platforms while chairing a meeting of the National Anti-Money Laundering Steering Committee on October 15.

VOV.VN - The Border Guard Command of Lao Cai province on September 12 announced that they have dismantled a smuggling ring illegally transporting gold bars from China into Vietnam, through the Lao Cai international road border gate.

VOV.VN - The Border Guard Command and police of Lao Cai province have cracked a large-scale transnational smuggling ring involved in transporting precious metals across the Vietnam–China border.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese customs and police forces have recently dismantled a drug trafficking ring smuggling narcotics from Thailand and Laos into Vietnam, seizing a large quantity of drugs.

VOV.VN - Customs officers at Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport on June 25 uncovered nearly 2kg of yellow metal, suspected to be gold, hidden inside camera lenses packed in the luggage of a passenger from Taiwan (China) to Vietnam.