Extra efforts needed to curb flow of drugs into Vietnam

The Ministry of Public Security is exerting efforts to stop drugs from entering Vietnam.
Extra efforts needed to curb flow of drugs into Vietnam ảnh 1Border guard and police officers deliver leaflets on drug prevention and control to locals in Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Public Security is exerting efforts to stopdrugs from entering Vietnam.

Speaking at a training conference ondrug prevention in the central province of Ha Tinh on May 28, deputy head ofthe Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes Nguyen Dich Nam saidthe drug crime situation in Vietnam is developing unpredictably, due to impactsfrom developments in the world and region, especially in neighbouring nations.

In the first five months of thisyear, police forces seized 7 tonnes of drugs of all kinds, while the figure forthe whole of 2018 was only 2.2 tonnes.

According to Colonel Nam, Vietnam isnot a drug producing country. Drugs enter the country through four ways, with90 percent brought in by road (from China, Laos and Cambodia) and the remainingby air (Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports), sea (major ports in HaiPhong and Ho Chi Minh City) and post.

The Vietnam-Laos border continues tobe a hotspot for drug trafficking and transportation, Nam stated.

He said Vietnam is consideringrevising regulations that hamper the fight against drugs, especially the Law onDrug Prevention and Control.

His department is also proposingamendments to the Prime Minister’s Decision No.133 on coordination betweencustoms, defence, police and coast guard forces in fighting drugs, he added.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recentlyordered ministries, agencies and provincial and municipal people’s committeesto carry out the action month for drug prevention in June.

Communication work is the centre ofthe month to raise public awareness of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control,and consequences of using, producing and trading drugs, particularlymethamphetamine, marijuana, ketamine and LSD, which have become popular amongyouths.

In 2018, law enforcement handled24,500 drug-related criminal cases and arrested more than 30,000 people. TheMinistry of Public Security’s statistics showed there were more than 224,000drug addicts on record, though the actual figure is believed to be much higher.-VNA 
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