Beyond arrests: How Ho Chi Minh City police are fighting drug crime?
Ho Chi Minh City 16:51 19/08/2026Ho Chi Minh City police are rewriting the playbook on drug crime, shifting beyond arrests to target supply networks, manage drug users and strengthen prevention efforts across the city.
Nigerian arrested in Vietnam with 2kg of meth, 2 heroin bricks
Vietnam News 10:53 18/08/2026A 43-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City for allegedly receiving a shipment containing 2kg of crystal methamphetamine and two bricks of heroin, which he was hired to transport to Hanoi.
2 Lao nationals arrested for allegedly transporting 633kg of fireworks, 35 drug tablets into Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:58 03/08/2026Border guards in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam, have arrested two Lao nationals for allegedly transporting 633kg of fireworks and 35 synthetic drug tablets into Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City police bust drug ring, seize over 1 tonne of evidence
Ho Chi Minh City 16:00 23/06/2026Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested 30 suspects and seized more than one tonne of evidence in a large-scale drug trafficking and drug-use facilitation ring.
Ho Chi Minh City police bust drug paraphernalia ring producing over 100,000 items
Ho Chi Minh City 12:23 22/06/2026Ho Chi Minh City police have dismantled a large-scale drug paraphernalia production and distribution ring, seizing more than 100,000 items and semi-finished products used for illegal drug consumption.
Vietnamese TikTokers sentenced to 9 years in prison for drug use organization
Ho Chi Minh City 13:00 20/06/2026A court in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday sentenced TikTok content creators Nguyen Nhat Duy, 28, and Nguyen Van Hoang, 25, along with two other defendants, to nine years in prison each for organizing the illegal use of narcotics.
Big pharma taps UK playbook to pressure European capitals on drug prices
World 17:17 17/06/2026LONDON - Global pharmaceutical companies, facing pushback from European capitals on drug pricing, are turning to a playbook that brought them recent success in Britain: threats of pulling investment and expansion plans to pressure policymakers.
50 charged after police raid Vietnam’s Vung Tau bar over drug network
Ho Chi Minh City 17:30 25/05/2026Police in Ho Chi Minh City have charged 50 suspects with drug-related offenses after raiding a bar in Vung Tau Ward and uncovering multiple trafficking networks, authorities said on Monday.
Ho Chi Minh City police arrest 140 in major drug crackdown
Ho Chi Minh City 10:44 23/05/2026Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled a large interprovincial drug trafficking network, arresting 140 individuals linked to illegal narcotics, authorities said on Friday.
Vietnamese singers Long Nhat, Son Ngoc Minh arrested in drug case
Ho Chi Minh City 16:41 20/05/2026Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested singers Long Nhat and Son Ngoc Minh along with 69 other suspects as part of an investigation into alleged drug offenses.
227 indicted in racket that used flight attendants to smuggle drugs from France to Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:57 04/04/2026The Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy has issued an indictment charging 227 defendants in connection with a drug trafficking ring that smuggled more than 11 kilograms of synthetic drugs hidden inside toothpaste tubes carried by Vietnamese flight attendants from France to Vietnam in 2023.
