The anti-narcotics investigation unit under the Hanoi Police Department is expanding investigation into a network smuggling synthetic drugs from Europe to Vietnam for distribution.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the central province of Quang Tri said on July 25 that they have smashed a major drug trafficking ring which had been transporting illegal substances into the nation from Laos, arresting three Vietnamese nationals in the process.

Construction of a drug treatment and rehabilitation centre started in Vientiane province of Laos on July 12 with the support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department said on July 1 that they had smashed a major drug trafficking ring operating from Germany to Vietnam, seizing approximately 179kg of the synthetic drug – the largest ever seizure of its kind via air transport.

Around 2,000 people took part in a run for a drug-free community in Hanoi on June 30.

VOV.VN - Police operating in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa reported on June 22 that they have successfully halted a drug trafficking ring operating between Hanoi and the locality.

VOV.VN - Border guards operating in the northern mountainous province of Son La have arrested two Lao nationals for transporting a huge quantity of drugs into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) said on June 18 that they have broken up a major transnational drug trafficking ring operating from Laos to Hanoi and several northern provinces, detaining 16 suspects and seizing a total of 81.5kg of drugs of various kinds.

VOV.VN - The police in Hai Chau district of central Da Nang city said on June 7 that they have smashed a ring transporting a huge amount of drugs from neighbouring Laos, arresting a suspect.

VOV.VN - Border guards in the central province of Nghe An have successfully smashed a drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam, detaining a Lao national and seizing 6,000 synthetic drug pills.