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Police in Laos’ Vientiane province have confiscated more than four million amphetamine pills and other illicit drugs in a huge bust, reported the news site Laotian Times on March 10.

Minster of Public Security General To Lam on August 2 asked public security forces to continue their intensive and extensive cooperation with Laos across spheres, especially in the fight against drug crimes.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on June 7 signed to issue a plan on implementing the action month for drug prevention this year in the capital city.

The Presidential Office on April 16 held a press conference to announce the Law on Drug Prevention and Control, which was approved during the 14th National Assembly’s 11th session.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) discussed the working reports of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy in the 2016-2021 tenure during a plenary sitting in Hanoi on March 30 morning as part of its ongoing 11th session.

The 14th National Assembly approved the revised Law on Drug Prevention and Control during its 11th session on March 30 with a high number of votes.

Law-makers listened to three important reports and gave comments on the draft amended Law on Drug Prevention and Control on the first working day of the 14th National Assembly’s 11th session in Hanoi on March 24.

The 14th National Assembly will convene its last session from March 24 during which it will decide on top leadership positions, a senior official has said.

The 14th National Assembly’s 10th session convened the ninth working day in Hanoi on November 13, adopting four draft laws and two resolutions.

Lawmakers are scheduled to debate the draft of the revised Law on Preventing and Combating Narcotic Drugs on November 13 morning, during the ongoing 10th sitting of the 14th National Assembly.

The first plenary session of the 14th National Assembly’s 10th meeting was held in Hanoi on November 2 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Socio-economic development issues and a draft amended Law on Drug Prevention and Control will be high on agenda at the 10th session of the 14th-tenure National Assembly on November 2.

National Assembly deputies discussed the draft revise Law on Drug Prevention and Control on October 24, as part of their ongoing 10th session.

EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans said the EU has launched a new social media campaign entitled “Your Health Is Priceless” which aims to raise awareness of the harms that counterfeit pharmaceutical and healthcare products can cause falsified medicines in Southeast Asia.

The National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee, on September 24, organised a workshop to collect feedback on the draft revised Law On Drug Prevention and Control and Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the year’s final regular cabinet meeting in Hanoi on December 31, focusing discussions on the institution and law building work.

Police recently cracked down on a major transnational ring that trafficked heroin from Cambodia to Taiwan (China) through Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security said on December 5.

Malaysia will launch a drug prevention campaign early 2020, the Malaysian Home Ministry announced on October 16.

Crimes related to drug dealing and trafficking had been on the rise in HCM City in recent years, said Dinh Thanh Nhan, deputy head of the city police.

The 18th trilateral and bilateral ministerial meetings on drug prevention and control between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV) took place in Hanoi on September 11.