4 suspects prosecuted over alleged smuggling of over 3,400 diamonds into Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:11 23/07/2026Police in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam have prosecuted four suspects for allegedly smuggling diamonds as they expand an investigation into a transnational diamond smuggling ring.
Police bust operation disguising Chinese dried seaweed as Vietnamese products
Vietnam News 14:50 20/07/2026Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam have said that police had dismantled a suspected trade fraud operation involving a company accused of falsely labeling Chinese dried seaweed as products made in Vietnam.
Vietnam police charge 3 jewelry store owners in cross-border diamond smuggling investigation
Ho Chi Minh City 11:08 15/07/2026Vietnamese investigators have charged the owners of three prominent jewelry businesses, including Kim Ly, Ngoc Tam, and Ngoc Chau Au, in Ho Chi Minh City, following an expanded probe into a transnational diamond smuggling network allegedly operated by Indian nationals from Hong Kong.
Vietnamese jeweler PNJ says 28,000 smuggled diamonds never entered its retail network
Economy 11:20 08/07/2026Cao Thi Ngoc Dung, chairwoman of Vietnam’s listed jewelry maker Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC (PNJ), told investors on Monday that 28,000 smuggled diamonds under investigation never entered PNJ’s distribution system.
Vietnam charges 15 in counterfeit luxury jewelry, gold smuggling cases
Vietnam News 09:18 12/06/2026Police in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam have pressed charges against 15 suspects for allegedly smuggling and infringing industrial property rights after uncovering a large-scale counterfeit jewelry operation and a separate gold smuggling ring.
Vietnamese man arrested for defrauding police officers in 16 provinces
Vietnam News 09:36 07/11/2025Police in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam have arrested a man accused of impersonating a criminal informant to swindle nearly VND196 million (US$7,450) from police officers across 16 provinces and cities.
S.Korean director faces prosecution for allegedly smuggling 250 rubber boots, 405,000 ESSE cigarette packs
Vietnam News 16:51 21/10/2025Police in Ho Chi Minh City have concluded an investigation and recommended the prosecution of four Vietnamese nationals and one South Korean national for allegedly smuggling 250 rubber boots and 405,000 packs of ESSE-branded cigarettes, with a total value of VND10.4 billion (US$394,981).
Chinese man pleads guilty in US to smuggling protected turtles
World 11:36 12/08/2025A Chinese man faces up to five years in prison for trying to smuggle protected turtles worth more than $1 million from the United States to Hong Kong.
Vietnam customs dept. reports surge in counterfeit goods, smuggling cases
Vietnam News 10:11 10/08/2025The Department of Vietnam Customs said that counterfeit goods, smuggling, and illegal cross-border transportation of goods remained complicated in July and the first seven months of 2025.
Ho Chi Minh City police dismantle major counterfeit perfume trafficking ring
Ho Chi Minh City 10:51 22/06/2025Police in Ho Chi Minh City Police have just busted a ring implicated in the trading of nearly 10,000 counterfeit perfume bottles of famous brands, such as Chanel, Bvlgari, and YSL, smuggled from China, with an estimated value of over VND10 billion (US$382,789), the police reported on Saturday.
Vietnam’s An Giang uncovers 102 smuggling, trade fraud cases in 1-month crackdown
Economy 16:43 21/06/2025Authorities in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam detected 102 violations during a 30-day anti-smuggling campaign, resulting in 57 cases being prosecuted and over VND642 million (US$24,400) collected for the state budget.
Nearly 4 tonnes of contaminated frozen meat smuggled from abroad discovered in north-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:31 05/06/2025Authorities in Quang Binh Province, north-central Vietnam have uncovered nearly four metric tons of contaminated frozen meat products, including pork, chicken, and buffalo, illegally imported from abroad and stored in a cold warehouse awaiting distribution to the market.
