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Authorities in Hanoi have arrested a foreign national for using a fake mobile base station (BTS) to access mobile networks and distribute fraudulent messages impersonating Vietcombank in a scam operation.
Businessman Nguyen Quoc Vu, husband of singer Doan Di Bang, has been taken into custody along with 2 associates for alleged involvement in the production and sale of counterfeit Hanayuki-brand sunscreen products.
Phu Tho police have launched a criminal investigation into violations linked to the Song Lo bridge project, after structural degradation exposed rusting steel cores.
The operation led to the detention and questioning of eight suspects, along with the seizure of five cars, 819 N₂O cylinders, 19,000 balloon shells, and various related items and documents.
Authorities in An Giang shut down a makeshift factory producing fake consumer products right in a residential neighborhood.
Cybercriminals in Ho Chi Minh City are employing increasingly sophisticated tactics, posing as representatives of international scholarship programs to manipulate students and steal massive sums of money - amounting to billions of dong.
The arrests of actress Truong Ngoc Anh, Miss Grand International 2021 Thuy Tien, and fashion designer Nguyen Cong Tri have sent shockwaves through Vietnamese entertainment in 2025, shaking public trust in celebrity figures.
Several prominent individuals lost fortunes in a luxury gambling ring based at the Pullman Hotel, with total bets exceeding USD 106.9 million.
Lai Chau police arrested 59 Vietnamese suspects running an online fraud ring from Cambodia, defrauding thousands across Vietnam.
Several Vietnamese TikTokers are being punished for spreading divisive, offensive content targeting specific regions, highlighting growing concerns about social media abuse.
Nguyen Cong Minh, Chairman of the Board of Cong Minh Greenery Corporation, is now a wanted fugitive following a special arrest warrant issued by the Ministry of Public Security.
Police in Gia Lai have detained a company director for allegedly producing and selling counterfeit coffee involving several tons of ingredients and finished goods.
A group of scammers with no medical qualifications, including one with only a veterinary technician degree, posed as doctors and directly administered injections and IV fluids to unsuspecting patients.
Tran Thi Hoan, 40, from Lao Cai province, has been identified as the ringleader of two large-scale operations that smuggled over 546 kilograms of gold, valued at more than USD 49 million, from China into Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City police have successfully dismantled a large-scale counterfeit operation producing and selling fake high-end perfumes, seizing nearly 20,000 bottles labeled as Chanel, Gucci, Versace, Dior, Burberry, and others.
Luong Bang Quang and Ngan 98 face criminal charges for bribery and selling counterfeit weight-loss products, in a case that has shocked Vietnam’s entertainment world.
More than 700 pigs infected with African swine fever, weighing around 60 tons in total, were intercepted before reaching the market by Hanoi police, who have destroyed the diseased animals to protect public health.
Authorities have uncovered two major gold smuggling networks that trafficked more than 546kg of gold - valued at over $48 million - from China into Vietnam through the Lao Cai border.
Nghe An police have arrested the director of An Thinh Food for producing millions of liters of fake cooking oil under the Keva Gold brand, generating illegal profits of over USD 3 million.
Cheap Indian buffalo meat was injected with white powder substances to create fake Wagyu beef with marbled fat, yielding massive profits for producers in Vietnam.