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Passengers beware! Customs officers reportedly wrest money for gifts taken out of Vietnam

Passengers beware! Customs officers reportedly wrest money for gifts taken out of Vietnam

Thursday, April 09, 2015, 19:46 GMT+7

It is said that one should expect to be stopped and squeezed for money by customs officers if they are going to leave Vietnam via Tan Son Nhat International Airport with some small gifts in their luggage.

B.L., a Vietnamese-American, had a hands-on experience with this when he was leaving Ho Chi Minh City for Japan on Tuesday morning.

L. was asked to tell a customs officer what was in his luggage when he passed the baggage scanner at Vietnam’s largest airport, he told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper later the same day.

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