A Hanoi court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after convicting him of transporting narcotics in a cross-border drug trafficking operation allegedly directed by an unidentified kingpin who repeatedly shipped drugs from Germany to Vietnam.

Vietnamese police have dismantled an alleged cross-border online fraud network operating in Bokeo Province, Laos, following a joint investigation with Lao authorities that resulted in the arrest of 40 Vietnamese suspects.

Vietnamese and Chinese law enforcement agencies have coordinated in the transfer of 19 suspected online fraud operators arrested in Lao Cai Province.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City say they have broken up several closed-door scam networks linked to foreign nationals during a 45-day security crackdown.

Police in northern Vietnam have arrested three people accused of helping a group of Chinese nationals launder nearly VND47.8 billion (approximately USD1.84 million) generated through online fraud schemes.

Vietnamese police have dismantled a Cambodia-linked fraud network that was preparing to launch a large-scale scam operation in the country.

A transnational gambling operation led by Chinese nationals and disguised as a foreign-based business processed more than VND4 trillion ($154 million) in online betting transactions through a sophisticated payment-handling system.

Representatives of Vietnam, China, Laos and Myanmar met in Hanoi on June 2 over the implementation of a three-month anti-drug campaign.

Police in Thanh Hoa Province and authorities in Laos’ Houaphanh Province have jointly dismantled a transnational drug trafficking network, seizing 23.4kg of narcotics and precursor substances.

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.