
Officers investigate suspected transportation of over $1mn in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 19:52 16/09/2022Police and customs officers in Ho Chi Minh City are investigating the suspected illegal transportation of over US$1 million

36kg of drugs found in imported canned products in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 12:53 28/04/2021MDMA pills, cannabis, and ketamine were found inside cans of powdered milk, roasted peanuts, tea, and coffee

Vietnamese businesses satisfied with customs procedures via National Single Window: USAID survey
Economy 20:06 23/06/2020The National Single Window helps simplify import and export administrative procedures

Investigation to be launched into alleged bribery of Vietnamese officials by Japanese firm
Economy 14:44 26/05/2020Japanese media reported the firm bribed Vietnamese officials VND5 billion (US$214,600) to escape tax duties

18kg of drugs found inside parcels sent from Europe to Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:03 29/04/2020All of the parcels had fake addresses and lacked recipient names

Two Vietnamese had Australian visas canceled for undeclared pork
Vietnam News 17:14 08/11/2019Both passengers were fined AU$420 each and placed in immigration detention pending removal from Australia

Vietnam customs seizes tons of elephant tusks, pangolin scales in container
Vietnam News 15:08 26/01/2019It was the largest single seizure of smuggled elephant tusks and pangolin scales in Hai Phong in years

US passengers found smuggling 250 iPhone XS, XS Max devices into Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:55 26/09/2018The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max gadgets are estimated to fetch VND6.5 billion (US$278,544)

Ho Chi Minh City customs officers nabbed for aiding illegal export
Vietnam News 16:04 11/10/201723 metric tons of scrap was incorrectly declared to avoid taxes

Ho Chi Minh City customs officers uncovers 7.3kg of marijuana in parcels shipped from US
Vietnam News 11:28 22/09/2017The illegal drugs were carefully hidden amongst boxes of raisins

Hanoi customs officer caught stealing 150kg of elephant tusks
Vietnam News 11:01 18/08/2017The officer took advantage of his position as the storage keeper for the customs department

Vietnam tightens control over erasable ballpoint pens for ‘political security’ reasons
Vietnam News 10:09 21/04/2015According to the Ministry of Finance, if the pens are widely used, they can seriously affect political security and social order and safety