Fifty-six Vietnamese nationals were handed over by Lao authorities amid an investigation into online gambling and money laundering networks.

Vietnam Customs, in collaboration with the Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) Programme under the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), on May 13 handed over equipment to the Narcotics Targeting Centre (NTC).

The Hanoi Department of Public Security has warned of a growing trend of high-tech crimes committed by foreign nationals shifting their operations to Vietnam after crackdowns intensified in several Southeast Asian countries, particularly Cambodia.

The mechanism launch comes amid increasingly close cross-border ties among local communities while also addressing growing challenges posed by transnational crimes such as smuggling, illegal migration, drug trafficking and human trafficking.

A total of 344 Vietnamese nationals have been brought home from Cambodia after being caught in a sweeping crackdown, exposing a persistent scam that preys on vulnerable job seekers.

Da Nang police apprehended 13 suspects linked to a cyberfraud ring that stole $4 million from over 1,200 victims nationwide.

Lao Cai police, in joint operation with Cambodian authorities, arrest dozens involved in massive cross-border scam targeting Vietnamese victims.

Vietnamese police raided fraud hotspots in Cambodia and are now interrogating suspects linked to hundreds of billions of dong in losses.

Nearly 60 delegates from customs and law enforcement agencies gathered in Khanh Hoa to review Operation Mekong Dragon 7.

Police traced a 1.2-ton drug flow from Laos into Vietnam, leading to one of the country's biggest drug raids.

Vietnamese police have dismantled a major transnational drug trafficking network, arresting 13 suspects and seizing 777 kg of synthetic narcotics, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) reported on November 20.

Lai Chau police arrested 59 Vietnamese suspects running an online fraud ring from Cambodia, defrauding thousands across Vietnam.

The Border Guard Command of Vietnam’s northern province of Lao Cai and the Honghe border management unit in China’s Yunnan province jointly held a drill on preventing illegal border crossings on October 28.

According to an indictment from the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, a transnational criminal empire in Cambodia led by Chen Zhi deliberately targeted Vietnamese citizens with sophisticated fraud schemes.

Vietnam is working with partner countries to strengthen citizen protection and combat organized crime in Cambodia and beyond, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said at a press briefing on October 16.

A transnational tech scam based in Cambodia is shut down, with suspects returned to Vietnam for prosecution.

At a Friday session, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed the Government’s 2025 report on crime prevention and law violations, as well as anti-corruption efforts.

The Criminal Police Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has dismantled a large-scale commercial surrogacy network operating across borders, masterminded by a Chinese national identified as Wang.

Cambodian authorities have discovered that 161 Vietnamese nationals were working for online scam rings and have since deported them, handing them over to Vietnamese authorities.