Several recent large drug seizures in Ho Chi Minh City have raised concerns over the extent of drug crimes in the southern economic hub, and the local administration is fighting back.
Police in Song Ma district of the northern border province of Son La arrested three drug traffickers and seized more than 7,000 drug pills on April 12.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 25 requested the Ministry of Public Security to remain vigilant and proactive in the fight against corruption, and exert all efforts to speed up investigations into cases which have drawn public concern.
The Hanoi People’s Court on March 18 sentenced three people to death and one to life imprisonment for drug trafficking by air.
Nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 2,000 meth pills were seized after three drug traffickers were arrested in Huong Son district of the central province of Ha Tinh on February 15 evening.
The border guard of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien and the competent forces of Tay Trang international border gate in Dien Bien district on November 3 captured the two Lao drug traffickers.
The border guard force in the central province of Ha Tinh and authorized forces on October 25 arrested two men who were smuggling 32 kilogrammes of methamphetamine and ten bricks of heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
Police in Bach Thong district, the northern province of Bac Kan, on October 16 arrested three men who smuggled 198 bricks of heroin from Laos into Vietnam. The drug was believed to be forwarded to China.
Police of the central province of Quang Binh recently seized 308.6kg of crystal meth, the largest single amount confiscated in the province so far.
The Border Guard High Command of the northern mountainous province of Son La held a conference in Moc Chau on October 1 to review the implementation of the plan to combat drug-related crimes in border areas of Moc Chau and Van Ho districts.
Three drug traffickers were arrested in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 27.
Despite worldwide criticism, a majority of the Philippine people remained satisfied with the campaign against illegal drugs initiated by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, according to the second-quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
The police in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai arrested three men for illegally transporting nearly 25kg of crystal meths, including 18,000 tablets of amphetamine.
Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa on July 8 arrested two men trafficking 2kg of crystal myth and 4,000 meth pills.
Laos, Myanmar and Thailand set fire to narcotics stockpiles to highlight their support toward the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26).
A court in Cambodia on June 22 sentenced a Belgian man to life in prison for attempting to smuggle 1kg of cocaine into Cambodia.
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.
Border guards in the central province of Quang Binh said they had captured three Lao nationals who were smuggling 24,000 methamphetamine pills into Vietnam.
