Vietnam explains proposal to remove death penalty for drug trafficking, child rape
Vietnam News 14:37 25/09/2026The Vietnamese government has given reasons for a proposal to abolish the death penalty for six offenses, including illegal drug trafficking and rape of persons under 16, as part of proposed amendments to the Penal Code.
Ho Chi Minh City police bust 8 drug rings, arrest 126, including 9 foreigners
Vietnam News 15:43 21/09/2026Ho Chi Minh City police have busted eight drug rings, arresting 126 people, including nine foreigners, in a major crackdown on drug-related offenses, authorities said Monday.
Hanoi bar owner accused of leading 107kg drug trafficking ring
Vietnam News 15:37 07/09/2026A Hanoi bar owner is accused of leading a ring that trafficked nearly 107 kilograms of ketamine and MDMA using a rented apartment as a drug warehouse.
11 sentenced to death, 19 to life in Vietnam’s massive drug case
Vietnam News 16:28 03/09/2026A Ho Chi Minh City court have handed down 11 death sentences and 19 life terms among 227 defendants in the VN10 drug case, which stemmed from a 2023 drug shipment carried from France to Vietnam by four flight attendants.
At least 64 killed in war-like Rio drug raids
World 08:57 29/10/2025Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city's drug traffickers, leaving at least 64 dead in war-like scenes.
5 Laotians get life sentences for trafficking nearly 100kg of drugs into Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:51 19/09/2025The People's Court of Quang Tri Province in north-central Vietnam on Thursday sentenced five Laotian nationals to life in prison for illegally trafficking nearly 100 kilograms of drugs from Laos into Vietnam.
Vietnam hands death penalties to three drug traffickers
Vietnam News 10:43 19/06/2025A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced three drug traffickers to death for smuggling and selling more than 50 kilos of heroin and synthetic drugs, state media reported Wednesday.
Vietnam court sentences two to death in drug trafficking case
Vietnam News 11:35 25/04/2025The People’s Court of Binh Phuoc Province in southern Vietnam sentenced two men to death on Thursday for their roles in a drug trafficking operation.
Vietnam court sentences man to death for drug trafficking, weapons possession
Vietnam News 13:49 18/04/2025A court in Quang Binh Province, north-central Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a 38-year-old man to death for trafficking more than 24 kilograms of illegal drugs and illegally possessing a firearm.
Foreigners used as drug mules in Ho Chi Minh City trafficking
Vietnam News 14:09 20/04/2024They disguised drugs among other goods
Vietnamese border guards bust drug trafficking operation from Laos
Vietnam News 11:24 13/04/2024Authorities seized 44 bricks of heroin, 60,000 heroin pills, 10kg of crystal meth, and 10kg of ketamine
