Keyword: "cross-border smuggling"

Under the directive, customs units, particularly those operating at land border gates, inland waterways and seaports, have been instructed to step up patrols and inspections of vehicles entering and exiting Vietnam. Special attention will be given to boats, barges, trucks and other means of transport suspected of concealing fuel in modified tanks or hidden compartments.

Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has vowed to end cross-border smuggling in 14 provinces within six months.

Tigers, bears, northern Chinese boar, pangolin and small Indian civet are cut into small pieces, each weighing 2-10 kilogrammmes before they are transported to Vietnam via buses.

The fuel price stabilisation fund helps the central government manage domestic fuel prices for the foreseeable future, said Hoang Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Domestic Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in a recent meeting with industry leaders.

Plans have been proposed to increase tax on tobacco, ban electronic vapes and tighten online advertising of cigarettes.

Vietnam imported 120,000 assembled cars worth 2.66 billion USD in the first ten months of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Competent forces have stepped up coordination in preventing and combating smuggling via borders in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri, heard a conference in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri province, on October 24.

Cross-border smugglers are transporting goods from Cambodia to Mekong Delta provinces by using boats during floods.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has taken a range of comprehensive measures to fight against smuggling through the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has intensified the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and fake goods as cross-border smuggling has increased in border areas ahead of the year-end holiday season.