Three men, including a Laotian national, were sentenced to death while four others, including two Laotian nationals, were sentenced to life imprisonment for illegally trafficking drugs from Laos into Vietnam.

Five former employees of the Noi Bai International Airport were sentenced to a maximum of nine years in prison by the Hanoi People’s Court on Tuesday, for violating regulations on the protection of endangered, precious and rare animals.

According to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the former deputy chair of Phu Tho provincial People’s Committee, Ho Dai Dung, born 1972, was arrested for ‘illegal gambling’. At the moment of arrest, Dung was a worker at Asia Slipform (AS).

Ho Chi Minh City police have dismantled a prostitution ring operating under the guise of a restaurant, catering primarily to foreigners.

Five Vietnamese people have been arrested for getting involved in a transnational criminal gang with the virtually transacted amount of approximately USDT1.1 billion, said the police of Tay Ninh province in southern Vietnam, on August 2.

Thai authorities have found cyanide not only in tea, but also in food in a hotel room in Bangkok, where six people, four Vietnamese and two Americans of Vietnamese, were found dead, reported local media.

The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on July 18 commenced the first-instance trial of a case involving 254 defendants related to the Vietnam Register (VR), its local registration centres and sub-departments.

Green-plated vehicles and dozens of police officers appeared in front of the house of Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Loan, CEO of Quoc Cuong Gia Lai JSC, on Tran Quoc Thao Street, District 3, HCM City this morning.

The autopsies of the six Vietnamese nationals who died in Bangkok have been completed. Unless further investigation is required by the police, the victims' families will soon be able to claim the bodies.

Vietnam is coordinating with Thai authorities to investigate and has requested additional information regarding the incident in which a group of Vietnamese citizens died at a hotel in Bangkok.

Before the cyanide poisoning that killed five Vietnamese individuals at a hotel in Bangkok, the suspect Sherine Chong and the Vietnamese group had financial disputes that led to litigation.

At a press conference held earlier the same day, Thai police also said cyanide was found in all coffee cups at the scene, and one of the six is believed to have poisoned the others over debt issues.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh issued an urgent directive regarding the deaths of four Vietnamese tourists and two Vietnamese-Americans in Bangkok, Thailand.

The suspect in the deaths of six Vietnamese nationals at a hotel in Bangkok has been identified as Sherine Chong (56), a Vietnamese-American.

On the morning of July 17, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) released a timeline and images related to the deaths of six Vietnamese nationals in Bangkok.

Thai authorities have released preliminary investigation results regarding the deaths of six Vietnamese nationals at a five-star hotel in Bangkok. The investigation is ongoing, and a seventh person suspected to be involved is currently being sought.

On July 11 the police raided a number of locations in these localities to arrest eight suspects, all of whom will be investigated for gambling and organising illegal gambling activities.

Hanoi police had busted an illegal cryptocurrency network worth trillions of dong.

After an illegally filmed video of a young woman in a bikini was released on the internet, she began to lose sleep, locked herself in her room, and felt insecure when going out.

According to the police, Tinh That Bong Lai Temple deceived benefactors out of money with false information and sophisticated calculations.