VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Dien Bien Provincial Police and Lao authorities have successfully dismantled several large cross-border drug trafficking networks, seizing nearly 2.5 tonnes of narcotics, 13 firearms, over 1,500 rounds of ammunition, and more than 10 tonnes of industrial explosives.

VOV.VN - Border guards of the central province of Ha Tinh said on June 28 they have arrested two Vietnamese men smuggling a huge amount of drugs from Laos into Vietnam.

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 - A meeting was held in Quang Ninh province on June 25 in response to the Action Month for Drug Prevention and Control, International Day, and National Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26).

VOV.VN - Customs officers at Moc Bai International Border Gate in Vietnam’s southern Tay Ninh province have intercepted nearly two kilograms of illicit drugs hidden inside a backpack, according to the Department of Customs under the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health has requested pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors to boost the production, import, and stockpiling of COVID-19 prevention and treatment drugs amid a recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in several provinces and cities.

Legislators engaged in the 9th session’s deliberations on May 27 morning over the proposed amendments to the Penal Code that would eliminate the death penalty for illegal drug transport, replacing it with a life imprisonment without sentence reductions.

VOV.VN - Border guards in Vietnam’s central Quang Tri province have launched criminal proceedings against a Lao national for illegal possession of a large quantity of drugs in the border town of Lao Bao, near Vietnam – Laos border.

VOV.VN - The Quang Nam provincial Border Guard Command said on May 16 they have arrested a suspect for illegally transporting over 14 kilograms of narcotics from Laos into Vietnam.

Police in the northern province of Phu Tho have recently recommended charges against 73 suspects from across the country in connection with a major transnational drug trafficking ring, one of the largest of its kind in Vietnam to date.