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.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese man has been detained for organising illegal border crossings for individuals attempting to enter the country from Cambodia, according officials of the Long Binh border gate in An Giang province.

Competent forces in the northern border province of Lang Son have arrested 15 people involved in two illegal immigration rings.

VOV.VN - Police forces operating in Quang Binh province have moved to arrest two Vietnamese citizens suspected of assisting people to enter Australia illegally.

A Chinese man and two Vietnamese women were sentenced to 5-8 years in prison on August 29 for organising illegal entry into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Da Nang municipal People's Court said on August 25 that a trial is scheduled to begin on August 29 for three defendants accused of illegally bringing Chinese people into the country.

VOV.VN - Police operating in Bac Ninh province said on August 19 that they have moved to prosecute a Vietnamese woman who attempted to assist approximately 50 Chinese citizens enter the country illegally by hiding them in her motel.

“The death penalty could be considered for such act in accordance with the Penal Code. In this very urgent situation, when the whole country is trying hard to fight COVID-19, it is necessary to strictly punish such acts for deterrence."

VOV.VN - Border guards operating in Cao Bang province have detected a total of 11 Vietnamese citizens as they were in the process of attempting to illegally enter the country from Guangdong in China.