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The State budget revenue from export and import reached 107.3 trillion VND (nearly 4.7 billion USD) in the first quarter of 2022, up 22.44 percent year on year.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs will participate in the Operation Mekong Dragon IV, a joint regional operation against drug and wildlife trafficking, from April 15 to September 15 this year, the department has announced.

Border guards in the northern province of Lao Cai have coordinated with local police force to arrest three people who were illegally transporting 40 bricks (about 13.6kg) of heroin.

The police in Bokeo province 340km northwest of Lao capital Vientiane, have seized 7.2 tonnes of substances that are used for the production of drugs.

The 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters (AMMD) officially opened and convened the plenary session via videoconference on October 14 under the chair of Cambodia.

Police in the northern border province of Lao Cai have broken a drug trafficking ring, seizing two suspects and 20 bricks (7kg) of heroin.

Border guards in the central province of Quang Tri have busted a trans-border drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam, seizing 46kg of crystal meth, the provincial Border Guard Command announced on August 23.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on July 26 underlined that the fight against drug trafficking is far from over, more than five years since the launch of his “war on drugs”.

Police in the northern border province of Dien Bien and relevant agencies caught red-handed two drug smugglers in Muong Nha commune of Dien Bien district on July 13.

The Border Guard Command of central Quang Tri province said on June 21 that they have arrested a Lao man when he was en route to illegally transport 38,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security announced on June 17 that it had busted a drug trafficking ring with the involvement of some Taiwanese (China).

Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa reported on May 19 that they busted a drug trafficking ring from Laos and confiscated 10kg of meth.

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) on May 5 said it has seized a total of 581.31 kg of crystal methamphetamine from three international syndicates and arrested seven suspects.

Indonesian police have recently smashed a drug smuggling ring, seizing 2.5 tonnes of methamphetamine which were being transported to the country from Afghanistan.

The People’s Court of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on April 13 sentenced Unachukwu Chiluba Paulinus, a Nigerian man born in 1996, to death for illegally transporting narcotic substances under Clause 4, Article 250 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City raided three drug trafficking rings in the first two months of 2021 and seized 217 kilogrammes of different drugs.

Police in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have launched criminal proceedings against two people for smuggling six bricks of heroin (some 2,1 kg) and nearly 1 kg of crystal meth across the border.

The customs sector has bolstered efforts to prevent and fight smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods this year.

More than two tonnes of crystal methamphetamine worth 26.2 million USD was recently seized from a boat off Malaysia’s west coast, the largest-ever haul of the drug in the country, Malaysia’s maritime agency said on December 13.

Police in HCM City on September 23 said they have started legal proceedings against and detained three suspects on illegal trading drug, two of whom are foreigners.