The ICT Press Club on December 26 announced the top 10 information, communications and technology (ICT) events in 2019 voted by more than 50 leading journalists in the field.
Improved infrastructure and simplified administrative procedures have helped border gates economic zones become the spotlights in attracting a large amount of goods through the border gates.
The Phu Tho provincial People’s Court on November 12 brought to trial two former senior officers of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) and 90 accomplices for their alleged involvement in a major online gambling ring.
The People’s Court of the northern province of Phu Tho announced on October 29 that it would be holding the first instance trial on November 12 for 92 people accused of involvement in a major online gambling ring.
The People’s Procuracy of the northern province of Phu Tho on August 31 completed the indictment for Phan Van Vinh, former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department under the Ministry of Public Security, and Nguyen Thanh Hoa – former Major General and former Director of the ministry’s Hi-tech Crimes Department.
Police in northern Phu Tho province have asked the provincial People’s Procuracy to prosecute 92 people for involvement in a major online gambling ring.
Vietnam and other countries located near Southeast Asia’s notorious ’Golden Triangle’ are facing numerous challenges in the fight against drug trafficking.
Three Lao nationals were caught red-handed trafficking 10 bricks of heroin, 31,000 meth pills, 2 kg of opium and four guns near the shared border with Vietnam on June 11.
Public opinion have expressed shock and anger after the discovery of a major online gambling ring with the involvement of some persons who used to be high-ranking officers of the people’s public security force.
The Phu Tho Police’s Investigation Security Agency has widened the scope of an illegal online gambling investigation in Phu Tho province and some other cities and provinces.
Phan Van Vinh, former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), has been taken into custody for the charge of “abusing position and power while performing duties” relating to a major online gambling ring.
Police of northern Quang Ninh province on March 31 announced on the crackdown of a drug trafficking ring using foreign-registered car to transport heroin in Vietnam.
Police from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have arrested three people trafficking 135 bricks of heroin and 500,000 synthetic drug pills.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked for stronger coordination among police, border guard, coast guard and customs forces to effectively fight drug crime in the coming time.
Vietnam and China highlighted increasing the information exchange at all levels to make the fight against human traffickers more efficient this year at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18.
The 16th Tripartite and Bipartite Ministerial Conference of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on Drug Prevention and Control opened in Phnom Penh on December 6.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
