VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the southwestern region have joined with local people as they put in every effort to prevent illegal entry into the country as a means of curbing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, amid neighbouring countries seeing an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases.

VOV.VN - Border forces stationed in the nation’s southwest region have been strictly managing and implementing patrols in an effort to prevent illegal border crossings, thereby combatting smuggling and slowing the potential spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long proposed a strong crack-down on January 20 aimed at targeting individuals who illegally cross the border and enter the nation, in an effort to keep the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at bay in the community.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on January 5 called on the entire political system and people to tighten and follow COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the pandemic has still seen complicated developments in many countries globally with the appearance of new and more contagious strains of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese man has been arrested for being in charge of arranging illegal border crossings for individuals attempting to enter the country by crossing the northern border with China, according to officials of the Chi Ma border gate in the northern province of Lang Son.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam suggested the Government apply measures to prevent people illegally returning to Vietnam given the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Border guards operating in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have set up tents along trails and close to border crossings in an effort to control illegal entry into the country and successfully curb the spread of COVID-19 epidemic.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of border guards, in addition to eight mobile teams, have been placed on duty around the clock to monitor 74 border checkpoints across major border routes in an effort to prevent future illegal border crossings.