Travellers must apply at least three days before the date of their planned arrival in Thailand. Applications will be accepted on the TDAC website starting on April 28 for people arriving on May 1.

Pol Lt Gen Yingyos Thepchamnong, commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 2, on February 23 announced the “Aran 68 Seal Border” operation, targeting illegal migrants, scam centres and transnational criminals.

Lieutenant General Do Van Hoanh, Chief of Office, permanent deputy head of the Police Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security, is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 41st ASEAN Chiefs of Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference which opened in Vientiane, Laos, on October 17.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Samdech Krolahom Sar Kheng co-chaired a virtual talk on August 3.

A Pakistani national was arrested in Thailand for allegedly producing fake passports for transnational criminals and those having links with the Islamic State (IS), Thai media reported on January 16.

Malaysia and Australia have committed to working together to tackle transnational criminals, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said during his visit to Australia on May 8-10.