Morphine shortage leaves cancer patients needlessly suffering from pain
Unable to get morphine, Hoang Thuy Linh, 27, has been taking painkillers by the dozen to soothe the pain caused by her cancer.
Man sentenced to death for possessing 2 kg of drugs
A Quang Nam Province court handed the death penalty on Tuesday to a drug dealer who was caught red-handed with two kilograms of drugs.
Thai woman receives death sentence in Vietnam for drug trafficking
A court in Vietnam has sentenced a Thai woman to death for illegally carrying 2.4kg of cocaine from Senegal to Vietnam by air last year.
HCMC health department proposes drug sale ban on social media
The HCMC health department has asked pharmaceutical businesses not to sell products over social media platforms or livestreams.
HCMC man gets death penalty for mail receipt of drugs from Germany
A HCMC court sentenced local man Nguyen Liao Hung Tran, 30, to death for having 5.8 kg of drugs delivered to him from Germany by mail.
Two S. Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam drug bust
Two South Koreans were among 18 people sentenced to death on drug smuggling and trafficking charges in Vietnam, state media said.
4 get death in HCMC for drug trafficking
Four people were sentenced to death in HCMC on Thursday for transporting 12 kg of drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam.
Vietnam arrests 65 for drug smuggling in toothpaste tubes
Police have arrested 65 people for smuggling 50kg of drugs – some hidden in toothpaste tubes – into Vietnam.
Vietnam Airlines flight attendants arrested in drugs bust after 11 kilograms of narcotics are allegedly found hidden in tubes of toothpaste
Four Vietnam Airlines flight attendants have been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle around 11.4 kilograms of drugs from France through Ho Chi Minh City Airport.
Vietnam Airlines flight attendants investigated for allegedly smuggling drugs from France
Four female flight attendants of national carrier Vietnam Airlines have been detained as suspects for allegedly carrying 10 kilograms of drugs from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
Laotian drug mule who was paid mere $42 gets death sentence
A court in the central Ha Tinh Province has sentenced a Laotian man to death for transporting one kilogram of ketamine and 7,000 amphetamine pills into Vietnam.
5 Vietnamese athletes fail 2nd doping test, bans imminent
With their second test too showing positive for doping, five Vietnamese athletes could lose their medals from last year’s SEA Games in Hanoi and face long bans.
Three drug mules get death sentence
A central Vietnam court handed three death sentences and one life prison term to four men found smuggling six kilograms of meth from Laos.
2 SEA Games gold medallists among 5 Vietnamese athletes failing doping tests
Three more Vietnamese athletes have tested positive for banned substances, bringing to five the number of Vietnamese athletes failing doping tests at SEA Games 31 hosted by Vietnam.
Vietnamese duo get death penalty for hosting drug parties in psychiatric hospital
A man who threw drug-fuelled raves at a psychiatric hospital in Vietnam has been sentenced to death.
Vietnam’s cannabis laws : Fine for recreational use, jail time for criminal offenders
Vietnam’s laws on marijuana use are tough on paper, but penalties are often not as harsh as for other illegal drugs.
Three receive death for drug smuggling
Three people in the central Nghe An Province were sentenced to death Tuesday for drug smuggling, while one was sentenced for life.
Drug addiction sees numbers rising to 28,500 in HCMC
Over 28,500 people in HCMC are drug addicts, a 4.3 percent increase from late 2020, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
Vietnam deputy health minister prosecuted over counterfeit medicines
Police in Vietnam have prosecuted a deputy health minister over his alleged involvement in a fake medicine trading ring, the country’s security agency said on Thursday.
Man sentenced to death for smuggling ecstasy from Europe to Vietnam
A Da Nang City court has sentenced to death the kingpin of a gang that smuggled thousands of ecstasy pills into Vietnam last year.
Vietnam sentences three Laotian drug mules to death
A court in central Vietnam handed out death penalties to three Laotian men for transporting heroin and other narcotics.
French man busted growing cannabis on Hanoi islet
A French man in Hanoi was found renting a 3,000-square-meter plot on a Red River islet to grow hundreds of cannabis plants, police stated Tuesday.
Hanoi drug mule sentenced to death on $650 job
A Hanoi man received a death sentence for transporting over 2.5 kilos of ecstasy into the city last year.
HCMC importance increasing as drug trafficking hub
Vietnam’s biggest city has become an increasingly important hub for drug smugglers who are resorting to “extremely sophisticated and cunning tricks,” a senior drug crime investigator says.
6 get death in HCMC for trafficking nearly 100 kg of drugs
A HCMC court sentenced six members of a transnational gang to death on Friday for trafficking 100 kg of drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam.
Nearly 1,200 ‘dangerous’ drug criminals on the loose, police admit
The Ministry of Public Security has said 1,185 “extremely dangerous” drug-related offenders who are wanted by the police are at large.