Powerlifter Le Van Cong pocketed a silver medal in the men’s  49kg category at the 2022 Asia Oceania Open Championships taking place in Pyeongtaek, the Republic of Korea, from June 15-20.

The tournament is the first of four Regional Championships in the 2022 Para powerlifting season followed by the Americas, Africa, and European Open Championships.  

Cong lifted 173kg, finishing second behind Qarada Hamadeh of Jordan.

He also took silver at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on August 26, 2021. Cong lifted the same weight of 173kg as gold medallist Omar Sami Hamadeh Qarada but settled for second place overall as he has a higher body weight than the Jordanian competitor.

Hanoi international film festival returns

The Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) has returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new context of safe and flexible adaptation to the pandemic makes its 6th edition this year a special one.

The event will feature 80 long and 35 short films, along with programmes introducing Spain's cinema and the Republic of Korea’s award-winning films, on the occasions of the 45th and 30th anniversaries of Vietnam's diplomatic ties with the two countries, respectively. A programme on contemporary Vietnamese films is also on the festival's schedule.

There will be two seminars spotlighting the Spanish silver screen and the production and distribution of films amid COVID-19.

On the sidelines, attendees will be treated to a market of film projects and a voiceover contest.

Many Hanoians ignore fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot

Many people in Hanoi have not yet taken a fourth Covid-19 vaccine jab.

Since early June, Hanoi has administered the fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot. However, many districts have witnessed a low number of people registering for the vaccination compared to the first three Covid-19 vaccine jabs.

A man from Nam Tu Liem District said that he was informed of the fourth Covid-19 vaccine jab, but he decided not to bother, having recovered from a previous infection.

An office worker from Cau Giay District said that she faced many side effects from the first three Covid-19 vaccine shots, which was why she did not want another one.

A representative from Dong Da District’s Health Department admitted a considerable decline in the number of people who have registered for a fourth Covid-19 vaccine jab.

"The vaccine amount we will receive depends on the registration list sent by wards to avoid wastage,” he added.

The same situation has been reported in Ha Dong District.

Vietnam co-chairs consultation on UNGA draft resolution epidemic preparedness, response

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, and his counterparts of South Africa, Sweden, and New Zealand have co-chaired a consultation on a UN General Assembly (UNGA) draft resolution on the epidemic preparedness and response.

As the chair of the drafting of the UNGA Resolution 75/27, dated December 7, 2020, on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (December 27), Vietnam has been working actively with other countries to promote talks on measures for effectively improving the global healthcare system and to increase the sharing of lessons from the pandemic and good practices, thereby helping improve awareness and action to gear up for future epidemics, according to the diplomat.

At the consultation, many countries shared the view on the need to boost awareness and action to stay ready for coping with epidemics around the globe. They also affirmed continued participation in and contribution to this process.

The core group in organising the UNGA high-level session on epidemic preparedness and response comprises Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Costa Rica, Ghana, Jamaica, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Africa, Sweden, and Vietnam.

It was set up as recommended by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, established by the WHO Director-General, with a view to reviewing the lessons from COVID-19 response so as to better prepare for future pandemics.

Time for ASEAN, India to elevate ties: FM Son

It is time for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India to elevate their strategic partnership and comprehensive cooperation to a new height, for peace, security and prosperity in the region and the world, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said at the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on June 16.

The two sides should uphold their shared values, promote dialogues, cooperation and trust building, and work to limit differences and conflicts, the minister suggested.

Stressing the great potential of both sides, Son said they should increase mutual support in improving medical capacity and implementing the bilateral free trade agreement, while expanding collaboration in digital transformation, innovation and regional development, including the Mekong-Ganga cooperation.

He spoke highly of India’s support for ASEAN’s stance on the East Sea, and called on the nation to further back the grouping’s efforts in turning the sea into peaceful, stable, cooperative, and environmentally friendly waters.
 
The Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting marks the 30th anniversary of the partnership between the two sides (1992-2022), during which Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar affirmed that ASEAN is an important pillar in India’s Act East Policy and its foreign policy at large, and is the centre of the South Asian country’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).

India supports ASEAN’s centrality in the evolving regional architecture, attaches importance to its neighbourliness with the bloc, and wishes to advance the relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

The ASEAN ministers, for their part, shared their view on progress in the relations over the past three decades, saying India is now ASEAN’s seventh biggest trade partner with two-way trade revenue up nearly 23 times in the past 30 years.

They agreed to enhance the ASEAN-India relationship, effectively contributing to regional peace, security and stability, by effectively implementing the 2021 ASEAN-India Joint Statement on Cooperation on the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific for Peace, Stability, and Prosperity in the Region and the 2021-2025 Plan of Action to Implement the ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared Prosperity.

They will also utilise the ASEAN-India market with a combined population of nearly 2 billion and total GDP of some 6 trillion USD.

ASEAN will also talk with India over the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership that should be practical, effective and mutually beneficial, the ministers noted.

Vietnam seeks to effectively prevent land degradation, desertification

A dialogue on and solutions to combat land degradation was held by the General Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on June 16 in Hanoi.

This is part of a series of activities in response to the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought and the 28 years of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Vice General Director of the General Department Pham Van Dien said that the forum offers a venue for sharing information, promoting ideas and initiatives and proposing solutions to prevent land degradation and drought.

He called on ministries and sectors to discuss and come up with effective solutions to preventing desertification and land degradation in Vietnam in association with implementing the Sustainable Forestry Development Programme, towards developing the forestry industry into an important economic - technical - environmental sector with contributions to the country in the coming time.

Participants proposed solutions to prevent land degradation and combat desertification in Vietnam associated with sustainable forestry development, improving livelihoods for people living in mountainous areas.

Tran The Lien, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and International Cooperation of the General Department of Forestry, announced the message of UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw on combating desertification to UN member states, which emphasised the need for countries to have preparations to deal with drought effectively.

The UNCCD was adopted in 1994, grouping 197 members. Vietnam joined the convention in 1998.

Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei agree to bolster ties

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held bilateral meetings with his Indonesian and Bruneian counterparts on June 16 in the framework of the  Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting (SAIFMM) in New Delhi.  

 During their meeting, FM Son and Indonesian FM Retno Marsudi discussed measures to boost bilateral ties in the post-COVID-19 period. They agreed to coordinate closely to prepare for high-level visits and the 4th conference of the Vietnam-Indonesia joint cooperation committee in 2022.

The two sides reached consensus on pushing cooperation between the two countries’ ministries, agencies and sectors, especially in economy-trade, so as to bring about practical benefits for people and businesses of both countries

The two sides also saw eye to eye on the approach to and settlement of regional and international issues on the basis of respect for international law for the common goal of peace, stability, cooperation and development.

Meanwhile, Son and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof agreed to work together to hold activities celebrating the 30th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relationship, promote high-level visits and organize the second conference of the Vietnam-Brunei joint cooperation committee in the time ahead.

They consented to soon resume direct air services between Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan to facilitate people to people exchange.

FM Son took the occasion to ask Brunei to further facilitate the import of Vietnamese goods, particularly farm produce, aquatic products and food meeting Halal standards.
 
More remains of Vietnamese martyrs repatriated from Laos

A ceremony was held in the northern Lao province of Oudomxay on June 16 to repatriate eight sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the neighbouring country.

This was the second repatriation round in the six northern Lao provinces during the 2021 - 2022 dry season.

The remains were found by a search team from Military Region 2 of Vietnam. 

Deployed since 1994, Military Region 2’s search team has found and repatriated a total of 1,792 sets of remains of Vietnamese martyrs and experts in the six northern provinces of  Laos, with 362 of those being identified.

During the 2021-2022 dry season, despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team collected 20 sets of martyrs' remains.

Complicated storms forecast for final months of 2022

Hydro-meteorological experts have warned of complicated weather developments from now to the end of 2022.

Speaking at conference on June 16 held by the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration (VMHA), VMHA General Director Tran Hong Thai said, between 10 and 12 storms and tropical depressions are forecast to hit the country over the rest of the year.

According to Hoang Phuc Lam, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), from 4-6 of these storms are likely to directly affect inland areas, approximately the same as in previous years.

During the rainy season from July to September, rainfall in the northern region is likely to be equal or higher than the average. In contrast, the Central Highlands and the southern regions are projected to experience less rainfall. High risk of downpours and dangerous weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, whirlwinds and hail are warned on a nationwide scale.

NCHMF Director Mai Van Khiem said hot weather and lower rainfall are likely to become more and more extreme./.

National park receives 100 rare animals from 2019

Kon Ka Kinh National Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has received a pig-tailed macaque – an endangered and rare species, Director of the park’s Centre for Creature Rescue, Conservation and Development Tran Van Thu said on June 16.

Since 2019, the centre has received 100 animals and 22.5 kg of snakes which have been then released into the nature.

They are mostly handed over to the centre by locals voluntarily or by the Forest Protection Departments after the detection of illegal animal trading.

Thu said that over the past years, the promotion of dissemination to raise public awareness of wildlife protection has been one the main tasks of the centre.

Lively street carnival slated for this weekend in Sam Son

Sam Son street carnival, a part of the Sam Son Sea Festival 2022, is scheduled to take place on June 18-19 in the north-central coastal province of Thanh Hoa.

The event will attract about 100 domestic and foreign dancers, who, in colorful costumes, will entertain local people and tourists by putting on a range of unique performances. 

Accordingly, dancers will depart from the Sea Square at the Ho Xuan Huong - Hai Ba Trung crossroad to the Ho Xuan Huong - Tay Son intersection.

The carnival shows and parades will take place from 16:30 to 18:30.

115 kg of synthetic drugs from Cambodia seized in HCM City

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) has broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, seizing 115 kg of synthetic drugs.

After receiving drugs from Cambodia, criminals sought ways to transport and hide them at a warehouse on Ton That Thuyet Street in District 4.

On June 4 in Phu Xuan commune, Nha Be District, the police caught red handed Thanh Vinh, 55, transporting 100kg of drugs in six packs for distribution.

Tran Van Hai, 52, another member of the ring, was also detained for carrying 1kg of synthetic drugs. Searching his warehouse on Ton That Thuyet Street, the police confiscated an additional 3kg of drugs and 2,000 pills of synthetic drug.

Expanding investigations, the police have detained a total of 7 people involved in the ring and confiscated 115 kg of synthetic drugs of various types and other related documents. 

The criminals confessed that they had got the drugs from a Cambodian person through social network, and the drugs were then transported to Vietnam for sales in Ho Chi Minh City.

The case is under further investigation.

140 travellers from Uzbekistan first visit Khanh Hoa destinations

The Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Tourism in collaboration with Cam Ranh International Airport and Amega Tourism Co., Ltd. on June 15 welcomed 140 tourists on board aircraft from Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

During their 10-day stay, the travelers are scheduled to stay at resorts in Nha Trang city and Bai Dai beach area and explore local tourist landmarks.

This is the first time Khanh Hoa has received visitors from Uzbekistan, opening up the chance for the local tourism industry to fully tap into the new market after months of closures due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VN to vie for titles at regional table tennis event

Vietnam will compete in the Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championships, organised in Thailand from June 21-29.

Việt Nam will send a team of five male and five female athletes to the tournament. Among them is Nguyễn Đức Tuân, who won the SEA Games men's singles title and Vũ Hoài Thanh, who claimed a women's team bronze medal last month.

At the SEA Games, Vietnamese athletes also pocketed three other bronzes in the men's singles, women's doubles and men's teams.

The team flying to Thailand will have some changes compared to the recent SEA Games. The coaching board said athletes who did not have their best performance would be replaced by new players.

Việt Nam has no representative in the world ranking after a two-year absence from all international competitions because of COVID-19. The recent SEA Games was the only one after that long period.

No world ranking means they will be not seeded at the Bangkok tournament. However, the Vietnamese coaching board still has high hopes.

1,000 Vietnamese artists to perform at national dance and music festival 2022

Over 1,000 artists from 22 professional art troupes across Việt Nam will take part in the National Dance and Music Festival 2022 scheduled to take place in the central province of Đắk Lắk from June 17-30.

The festival is organised by the Performing Arts Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in collaboration with the Việt Nam Musicians Association, the Việt Nam Dance Artists Association and other organisations.

According to the organisers, the festival creates a platform for artists working in the fields of singing, dancing and music to exchange, gain experience, and improve their professional skills. It is also expected to help cultural management agencies and leaders of art units to discover young talents, thereby making appropriate training and development plans.

This festival is launched in accordance with the Government's policy of safe adaptation and restoration of socio-economic development in the post-pandemic period while satisfying people's demand for entertainment in the cultural sector.

Photo book on daily life in Hà Nội raises funds for Agent Orange victims

A photo book featuring black and white photos of daily life in Hà Nội will go on sale tomorrow at Chula Fashion House, on 43 Nhật Chiêu Street.

All proceeds from Hanoi Hanoi, published by the Thế Giới (World) Publishing House, will be presented to Agent Orange/dioxin victims in Việt Nam.

The photos were taken in 2016 by Minh Phạm, a former diplomat of the United Nations, during his short visits to Hà Nội when he was living in Myanmar and the Philippines.

The black-and-white photos capture Minh’s impression of the people, rhythms of life and unique cultural features of Hà Nội. Readers will feel his sense of humour through his unique perspectives and witty captions accompanying each photo.

The photos in the book were taken entirely with Minh's iPhone. The book is avaliable in three languages, Vietnamese, English and Italian, with writer Paola Boncompagni doing the Italian translation.

Minh is a Vietnamese-American who served as a diplomat for the United Nations. He used to work in Madagascar, Bhutan, Nepal, Siri Lanka, Madrid, Myanmar, and Laos. Minh is also a political commentator in Southeast Asia, a skilled chef and a traveller. He currently lives in Hà Nội.

Boncompagni is a Swedish-Italian writer, freelance journalist, and documentary producer. Her latest book is a collection of her travels during her 20 years working on development projects around the world such as in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Central America. 

Vietnam attends int’l defence-security exhibition in France

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia is attending the ongoing international land and air Defence and Security exhibition (Eurosatory 2022) in Paris at the invitation of the French Ministry of Armed Forces.

Eurosatory is one of the largest arms exhibitions in the world. This year’s event attracts 160 countries and leading defence firms across the world.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence has sent delegations to most of the exhibitions of this kind since 1998 in order to update new technologies, scientific and technical advances, equipment development trends of the armies other countries, and seek cooperation opportunities.

In the framework of the working tour, the Vietnamese delegation had meetings with a number of French officers.

During the meetings, the two sides agreed that the defence cooperation between Vietnam and France has been strongly promoted and achieved many positive results.

They pledged to further foster the bilateral defence in an effective and substantive manner, focusing on the fields of training, military medicine and UN peacekeeping.

Ha Tinh protective forest begins to die

Local authorities in the central province of Ha Tinh's Ky Anh Town are investigating the mass deaths of 25 hectares of coastal protective forest in the area.

According to local authorities, the coastal forest was planted in 1994 on a total area of 43 hectares in Ky Ha Commune with an aim to stimulate the marine ecosystem, prevent erosion, and protect the Hai Ha Thu sea dyke.

However, about 60 percent or 25 hectares of the forest suddenly died last week and the situation is continuing. The trees used to grow very well and local people are very worried about their sudden deaths.

Head of Ky Anh Town Forest Ranger, Dao Duc Giang said that after receiving information about the dying forest, they have co-operated with concerned agencies to investigate the causes.

President Ho Chi Minh Statue in Saint Petersburg scheduled for 2023 unveiling

Vietnam and Russia are working hard on a project to erect a statue in honour of President Ho Chi Minh in Saint Petersburg, intending to unveil the statue in 2023.

The completion of the monument next year will coincide with the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s first arrival in Russia on his journey to salvage the nation.

In October 2020, a ceremony was held to lay a rock at the intersection between Ho Chi Minh Street and Prosvescheniya Avenue, where the statue will be erected.

At the meeting, local officials stated that they are looking into the proposal to open a Ho Chi Minh Museum or Vietnamese corner at a school opposite the site of the statue.

Google Arts & Culture to promote outstanding cultural and tourism values of Vietnam

The Google Arts & Culture digital platform will become a “window” through which to promote the outstanding cultural and tourism values of Vietnam to the world.

Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Le Phuc made the statement at a conference held in Hanoi on June 15 to introduce the Google Arts & Culture digital platform to tourism management departments, tourist attractions and training institutions.

Phuc noted that Google Arts & Culture is considered a “digital museum” of humanity with the aim to preserve and promote the unique cultural and artistic values of all countries around the world.

In early 2021, the VNAT coordinated with Google to launch a project titled “Wonders of Vietnam” via the digital platform, with 35 online exhibitions and 1,369 photos on famous tourist attractions, heritage sites, natural landscapes, culture and cuisine.

Pierre Caessa, a representative from Google Arts & Culture, shared that Google Arts & Culture is among the efforts made by Google to support Vietnam in promoting its tourism.

Sizable amount of vaccine doses in Dien Bien could go to waste

The northern upland province of Dien Bien, as of June 15, had over 50,000 Covid vaccine doses left unused and nearing their expiry dates at risk of being wasted, said a local health official.

Pham Quang Nam, director of the provincial Department of Health, said that the local health authority had made huge efforts to ramp up vaccine rollouts but faced many obstacles, reported Lao Dong newspaper.

The biggest hindrance is local residents’ little interest in getting booster shots. Besides, the extreme weather conditions such as torrential rain and flooding and the province’s tough terrain made vaccination campaigns challenging. The doses would be discarded if they are not administered before expiration, Nam said.

Since early June, when the province had more than 60,000 doses expiring on June 16 and 30, the provincial health authority wrote to the Ministry of Health asking for an exchange of 35,000 doses with longer expiration dates. However, the request was declined, as many other localities are facing the same problem, Nam added.

By June 15, the mountainous province had administered over 1.2 million doses to its residents.

Infirmaries in HCMC not short of medicine: health official

Speaking at the press conference organized yesterday by the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and economic recovery, Ms. Le Thien Quynh Nhu revealed that the Department of Health has worked with 77 general and specialized hospitals and medical centers to determine if there is a shortage of drugs.

Subsequently, the department recorded no shortage of drugs at medical facilities and clinics. Most of the hospitals in the city have already had the results of the drug bidding, only a few facilities will have the results two months later. Moreover, the medicine supply is stable.

Additionally, the Department of Health has also approved the additional procurement plan for hospitals while waiting for the bidding results. Leaders of the Department of Health have regularly requested hospitals not to let a shortage of drugs and medical supplies in treating and taking care of a patient's health.

The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has proposed to establish a centralized procurement center for drugs and medical supplies. In the first phase, the center will focus on purchasing drugs. Later, after the center is operated stably, it will purchase materials and equipment, said Ms. Nhu.

Nationwide urbanization rate reaches 41 percent

As of June, Vietnam had 883 urban areas of all types across the country, representing an urbanization rate of 41 percent, up 0.6 percent from the same period last year.

According to the Ministry of Construction, 92.8 percent of urban residents had access to clean water in the period, an annual increase of 0.8 percent.

As of late 2020, Vietnam counted 862 urban areas, and its urbanisation rate expanded to nearly 40 percent from 30.5 percent in 2010.

The rate is expected to reach at least 45 percent by 2025 and over 50 percent in 2030, and to stay in the upper middle range as compared with the average in Asia and Southeast Asia by 2045.

Revised Law on intellectual property passed

The revised Law on Intellectual Property (IP) was approved at the last working day (June 16) of the 15th NA’s third session.

The Law on Intellectual Property was passed by the National Assembly in 2005 and took effect on July 1, 2006, and then revised twice in 2009 and in 2019, containing uniform, synchronous and transparent provisions to regulate IP issues.

Currently, the Law basically conforms to the standards set forth by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and other fundamental treaties relating to IP, such as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Rights, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Convention for the Protection of New Plant Varieties. Those standards are demonstrated in many aspects, such as types of objects of protection, standards of protection, content and scope of rights, term of protection, protection mechanism and procedures for establishing IPRs.

After more than 15 years of implementation, the Law has revealed certain shortcomings and limitations, thus it is necessary to amend and supplement a number of articles of the Law in order to institutionalize the guidelines of the Party, policies and laws of the State.

Inmates permitted to work, get paid outside prisons

Lawmakers on June 16 approved a resolution that allows prison inmates to attend vocational training course and undertake paid work beyond the detention camp.

Under the adopted resolution, detention camps under the Ministry of Public Security will work alongside domestic organisations to formulate vocational training courses, build infrastructure facilities and develop working plans for the inmates.

Detention camps will be responsible for managing and overseeing the inmates when they work outside.

The inmates will take part in the programme voluntarily and partly get paid for work done.

Businesses will be exempt from corporate income tax levied on revenue they can get from cooperation programmed with detention camps.

The model will be piloted over five years, starting from September 1, 2022.

It does not apply to a number of inmates including those who infringe upon national security, undermine peace, act against humanity and commit war crimes.

Drugs from Europe smuggled through international shipping companies

Criminal gangs are using international shipping companies to smuggle drugs from Europe into Vietnam.

Major General Nguyễn Văn Viện of the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security said smugglers are using air and sea routes to bring in their contraband.

In some instances, brazen crooks are even simply sending drugs into the country using the postal service.

Recently, there has been a rise in criminals organising the transportation of synthetic drugs by air from Germany and the Netherlands to Việt Nam through unsuspecting international shipping companies.

Enforcement officers are looking closely at seaports in HCM City, Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu Province in the south, Hải Phòng City in the north.

Major General Vien said his team will work closely with both border patrols and customs officers to crackdown on the illegal trade in the future.

Often, according to the Major General, Việt Nam is used as a transit shipping point, and after drugs arrived here from Europe, they are then moved to other, neighbouring countries.

Recently, police working with authorities in Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Bình Province, tracked drugs being sent her from Germany.

It is understand the gang was made up Vietnamese nationals living in Europe arranging the transportation.

Their trick was to take advantage of cargo transportation activities from logistics enterprises to transport drugs by air or post into Vietnam.

The drugs were in common goods such as confectionery, cosmetics, gifts, and then packed them into parcels with the recipient's name, address and "virtual" phone number, making it difficult for forces to trace where the drugs were going.

From May 13 to May 30, 2022, police arrested 11 people connected to the German ring and seized more than 50 kg of synthetic drugs.

Source: VNA/SGT/VNS/VOV/Dtinews/SGGP/VGP/Hanoitimes