National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has lauded the efforts of the border guard force of An Giang in managing the national border and ensuring political security as well as social order and safety in border areas over the years.
The border guard and police forces in the northern border province of Son La on October 29 arrested a man for drug trafficking, and seized two bricks (about 680g) of heroin, 3.5kg of opium and a gun.
The Border Guard High Command in the central province of Quang Tri has been working with security forces from Laos’ Savannakhet province to arrest two Lao suspects for trafficking 215,000 pills.
Thailand and Myanmar have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on transnational issues, including drug smuggling, the repatriation of Myanmar refugees, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).
Over the past 57 years, the Vietnam-Laos traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation have been consolidated and developed intensively and extensively.
Xa Xia Pagoda is one of the typical tourist attractions and a cultural and religious centre of Khmer ethnic people in Ha Tien town of the southwestern province of Kien Giang.
The police of Song Ma district and Chieng Khoong commune in the northern mountainous province of Son La on August 7 arrested a local man for storing 11 bricks of alleged heroin and using drug.
The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) is taking place in Thailand’s capital city Bangkok from July 10 to 12 under the theme of sustainable security.
The Nam Lanh-Muong Po auxiliary border gates connecting the northwestern mountainous province of Son La’s Sop Cop district with Muong Son district of Laos’ Houaphanh province were inaugurated on July 9.
An Indonesian military helicopter with 12 people on board went missing on June 28 afternoon in a mountainous area in the easternmost province of Papua, a local military officer said.
The border guard force of the northern province of Dien Bien, in coordination with the security force of Muong May district in the Lao province of Phongsaly, on June 15 arrested three Lao drug traffickers, seizing 20kg of opium.
Vietnamese and Cambodian officers jointly reviewed results of border protection coordination over the recent time at a working session in Senmonorom city of Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, on June 13.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior organised a conference in the southern province of Tay Ninh on June 13 to launch a joint crackdown on drug crime along the two countries’ shared borderline.
Vietnamese police and border guards handed over four wanted Chinese nationals to Chinese police at Huu Nghi international border gate in Vietnam's northern province of Lang Son on June 10.
The trading and transport of large amount of synthetic drugs in the form of pills and mathamphetamine together with heroin from the ‘Golden triangle’ from Laos to Vietnam tend to increase.
The culture, sports, and tourism festival for ethnic minority communities in the Vietnam-Laos border area, central region, and Central Highlands regions will be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from May 17-19 under the theme “Solidarity, friendship, and development”.
Police in collaboration with border guard and customs forces in the northern border province of Son La on April 20 caught a suspect red handed trafficking 17 heroin bricks, weighing about 6kg.
A relatively intact bronze drum, believed to belong to the Dong Son civilization, was recently discovered in Bao Thang district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
Four Vietnamese northern border provinces of Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Ha Giang and Cao Bang and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will bolster friendship exchanges and practical cooperation, contributing to the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic partnership.
Politics
