
Son La (VNA) – Border guards in the northern border province ofSon La said that they had arrested six members of a family for illegally entering Vietnam from Laos.
The arrestees confessed that they had illegally travelled toBokeo province of Laos to work in September 2017, and returned to Vietnam on August 14through a border trail.
However, they were arrested in Suoi Thin hamlet of Moc Chaudistrict’s Chieng Son commune, about 500m from the Vietnam-Laos borderline.They then were brought to a concentrated quarantine facility in the district toensure COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.
From early March to August 15, Son La’s border guards had broughtto quarantine establishments 67 people who had illegally entered Vietnam or left for Laos.