Up to 229kg of heroin passed through many stages of strict control of the Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City to go to Taiwan. This has shocked those within international business aviation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Court in has sentenced a 23-year-old Chinese woman to life imprisonment on November 13 for smuggling more than 1.9kg of synthetic drugs into Vietnam in October 2012.

 Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City operated on a 25-year-old man who was hospitalized with chopsticks penetrating through his skull.

 Police in the central province of Nghe An on September 13 arrested four drug traffickers suspected of involving in a transnational ring.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At midnight, Vietnamese police discovered in the luggage of a Nigerian man, dozens of plastic bags containing white crystalline solids, which was then determined as narcotics, totaling 3.2kg.

 US officials announced the largest-ever bust of a global synthetic drugs ring Wednesday, seizing thousands of pounds of illicit drugs and arresting 225 people in five countries.

 Hanoi hosts seminar on LBGT in Vietnam; Fewer buses for My Dinh Station; Vietnam, France strengthen scientific cooperation; Fugitives caught in Son La Province

VietNamNet Bridge – Speaking at a meeting on crime prevention and control in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 15, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said police must strengthen efforts to curb crime in both the cities.

  ADB helps Thua Thien-Hue develop green urban areas; Over 100 illegally-traded air guns seized; HCM City looks to combat rising child obesity; Red Cross projects secure local partnership

  Drug trafficking detected in Quang Binh; HCM City launches campaign “For the poor 2013”; New road-worthy certificates welcomed; Donors contribute VND460 bn to northwestern region

VietNamNet Bridge – A Filipino woman was condemned to death yesterday, March 11, for transporting 5kg of narcotics into Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - To get $40,000 for a delivery fee, a Chinese man transported nearly 11kg of drug from Cambodia to Vietnam and then to China.