The Northern-Central province of Nghe An has a 400-km-long border with Laos, along which there are a number of border-crossings and border tracks. Criminals take advantage of the terrain to traffic illicit drugs from Laos to Vietnam.
Border guards stationed at the Ha Tien international border gate patrol and control the southwestern border around the clock in order to prevent the potential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 into Vietnam.
The border guard and police forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien have captured 12 people for organizing the illegal exit of 13 foreigners.
Two traffickers were arrested for carrying 20,000 meth pills by border guard and anti-drug police forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien on August 30.
PSNews - The Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on August 21 presented 1,000 national flags and 5 million VND to fishermen via the Department of Political Work of Border Guard.
PSNews – Over the past time, the police officers and soldiers of the Dac Pring Border Post, Nam Giang District, Quang Nam Province have successfully performed the tasks of firmly protecting national sovereignty and security of the border and strengthening the fight against crimes, while joining hands with functional forces to ensure local security and order and support local people to develop their economies.
PSNews – The Provincial Police, Border Guard and Customs agencies and authorities of the border localities of Ha Tinh on April 15 agreed to launch an intensive campaign to suppress drug-related crimes in Vietnamese areas along the Vietnam-Laos borderline.
The Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) chapter in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12-15 handed over four clean water facilities to the border guard forces and residents in the border areas of the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Nong and Dak Lak.
The Anti-drug Unit under the Quang Binh Border Guard Command in coordination with functional forces cracked down on a major drug trafficking case, arresting 4 persons, seizing 110,000 pills of synthetic drugs, 3 cars, 19 million Lao Kip and many exhibits.
The Border Guard of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has presented 166 scholarships worth a total of 500 million VND (21,500 USD) to poor students in the province’s border localities.
PSNews - The Youth Union chapter of the Border Guard Newspaper on December 15 in collaboration with the Coc Pang Border Station and the charitable group "Love for the Border" organized the program "Warm jackets for border children going to school" at the border commune of Duc Hanh, Bao Lam District, Cao Bang Province.
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.
PSNews – Major Ta Van Tuan, Head of Bat Xat Border Post under the Provincial Border Guard of Lao Cai on July 2 issued a decision to prosecute a criminal case of trafficking children under 16 years old across the border.
PSNews – Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security on March 2nd led a delegation to visit and congratulate the Command of Border Guard of Vietnam on their traditional day (March 3, 1959).
