A recent crackdown on a drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Vietnam led to the arrest of a woman and the seizure of around 2kg of synthetic drugs in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh, the local police said on July 4.

The police force of the northern province of Ha Giang and the border post at the locality’s Thanh Thuy International Border Gate handed over four illegal Chinese migrants back to their home country on May 7.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on February 22 that the number of reported criminal cases decreased in 2022 due to police's crime suppression.

The Ministry of Public Security is planning to organise the 2022 Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) plus police music gala in July, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the traditional day of the Vietnam People’s Police (July 20).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 30 visited the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and the Department of Fire Prevention and Fighting and Rescue under the Ministry of Public Security on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and extended New Year wishes to the police force and residents in the central city of Da Nang on January 25, or the first day of the Year of the Rat.

The police force plays a pivotal role in ensuring economic security, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference in Hanoi on May 25.

Thailand’s police force on August 19 identified a Thai man as a suspect in a wave of bombings that killed four people and wounded dozens in seven southern provinces.