Lao drug ringleader arrested

July 23, 2019 - 11:39

A Lao national carrying more than 24,000 tablets of synthetic narcotics was recently arrested at the Cha Lo international border gate in the central province of Quảng Bình, according to the provincial Border Guard High Command.

The suspect and the seized drugs. — VNA/VNS Photo

QUẢNG BÌNH — A Lao national carrying more than 24,000 tablets of synthetic narcotics was recently arrested at the Cha Lo International Border Gate in the central province of Quảng Bình, according to the provincial Border Guard High Command.

Xapxavanh Chanthavong, born in 1980, resided in Kaysone Phomvihane City of Laos’ Savannakhet Province. He was identified as a trans-national drug ringleader.

The suspect said he intended to smuggle the drugs to Việt Nam for sale.

On July 15, border guards detected two suspects who immediately fled into the forest and left behind a black plastic bag containing nearly 9,000 pills. The case is being investigated.

Việt Nam and Laos share a border of nearly 2,340km that runs across 10 Vietnamese provinces, from the northwest to the central region, and 10 Lao provinces in the eastern part. — VNS

Đắc Lắk Province completes construction of houses to ethnic minorities earlier than planned

Society

Disadvantaged groups in Việt Nam to benefit from tele-health services

Society

HCM City announces fares for its Metro Line 1

Society

Helmets given to kids for a safer tomorrow

Society

Workshop discusses adult vaccination and shingles prevention

Society

UNICEF calls for stronger climate action on World Children's Day

More on this story

Society

Officials make trouble for themselves

One district education office in Long An Province reportedly has a relationship with a local textiles company that is more akin to hand in cleavage than hand in glove.

Society

Traffic safety has miles to go: PM

Though traffic accidents and deaths fell respectively by 7.1 per cent and 7.55 per cent in the first half of the year compared to 2018, the total figures of 8,385 accidents and 3,810 deaths were still too high, he said.

Society

Foreign languages key for development of education

Foreign-language instruction could greatly improve the quality of the educational system, but language-proficiency outcomes in recent years have been disappointing, Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ has said.

Society

In HCM City, long wait to change land use purpose continues

Eleven months after HCM City residents with farming lands were told they had to apply to change them into housing lands, thousands are still waiting to apply because the master plan for land use has not been ratified by relevant agencies yet.

Society

Fake book sellers must turn over a new leaf

Counterfeit books are causing publishers a major headache. And despite authorities cracking down on illegal sellers, fake books are still on sale.

Society

Hà Nội police to fine firms owing social insurance

The inter-sector association for social insurance debt collection has asked Hà Nội police to help investigate and handle enterprises that owe long-overdue social, health and unemployment insurance debts.

Society

Doctors at HCM City hospital save pregnant woman with Marfan syndrome, baby

Doctors at the University Medicine Centre in HCM City have saved the life of a 33-year-old pregnant woman with Marfan syndrome and her baby after successfully performing emergency aortic surgery.