Song Po Chua and the seized drugs (Photo: baosonla.org.vn) Son La (VNA) –Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La said on March 14 they have caught a man smuggling a large amount of opium and meth pills. Song Po Chua, born in 1992 and residing in Huoi Hin hamlet, Muong Hung commune, Song Ma district, Son La province, was arrested in Co Cha hamlet, Muong Hung commune, on March 12 with 22 packs of opium, 1,780 meth pills and other objects. Chua confessed that he had bought the drugs in the border area to sell them on. The case is under further investigation. On March 4, local police also arrested two Lao nationals on suspicion of smuggling 12,000 meth pills in Moc Chau district, Son La province. The arrestees were Vang A De, male, born in 1988, and Trang Thi Dua, female, 1974. Both reside in Muong village, Sop Bao district of Laos’ Houaphan province. They admitted they had impersonated farmers walking through off-the-beaten-track roads to traffic … [Read more...] about Drug smuggler arrested in northern border province of Son La
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Son La: Lao nationals arrested for drug trafficking
The two suspects and the seized drugs (Photo: VNA) Son La (VNA) – Two Lao nationals were arrested on suspicion of smuggling 12,000 methamphetamine pills in Moc Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 4. They were detained by local police, who also seized the drugs and three phones, among other items, from the suspects. The two are Vang A De, male, born in 1988, and Trang Thi Dua, female, 1974. Both reside in Muong village, Sop Bao district of Laos’ Houaphan province. They admitted they had impersonated farmers walking through off-the-beaten-track roads to traffic drugs into Vietnam. The case is under further investigation. Vietnam and Laos share a border of nearly 2,340 km that runs across through 10 Vietnamese provinces, including Dien Bien, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum. The line also appears in 10 Lao provinces, namely Phongsaly, Luang Prabang, Houaphan, … [Read more...] about Son La: Lao nationals arrested for drug trafficking
Heavy rains and floods cause havoc in Dien Bien, Son La
From August 27 to 28, Dien Bien province was faced with a deluge from heavy rains and thunderstorms, causing flash floods in some areas. According to the provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, downpours and flooding caused damages in the districts of Nam Po, Tua Chua, Tuan Giao and Muong Cha, with more than 70 houses washed away. Local traffic has been blocked after landslides cut off several National Highways and inter-provincial routes. In addition, more than 130ha of rice was flooded, 30ha of fishponds were swept away, and three schools in Cha Nua commune (Nam Po district) were inundated, forcing hundreds of students to evacuate. Estimated total damages in Dien Bien stand at VND4.6 billion. The local authorities have deployed missions to help locals overcome the disaster and stabilise their lives. Meanwhile, in Son La province, floods have forced 10 households in Muong La district to be urgently relocated, more than 15ha of rice paddies in Muong … [Read more...] about Heavy rains and floods cause havoc in Dien Bien, Son La
Big lies in black and white
Big lies in black and whiteBy Son Nguyen All are turned upside down when massive fraud was uncovered this week regarding the outcome of the national high-school graduation examinations, sending shockwaves across the country. On Wednesday, investigators found that an official with Ha Giang Province’s Department of Education had manipulated exam papers to raise the scores of as many as 114 students, which might allow many of them who should have failed in the exams to be qualified for entering top-notch universities. The cheat not only inflicts huge damages on national education, but the entire society as well. The scandal in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, which has made big headlines in local media these days, simmered weeks ago when results of the national exams were announced, with students from the poverty-stricken far outscoring others from across the country. In natural-science subjects like mathematics, physics and chemistry, Ha Giang students scored … [Read more...] about Big lies in black and white
Hanoi provides market for food grown nationwide
(VEN) - Hanoi has organized trade exchange and supply-demand connection conferences with more than 50 provinces and cities in order to bring local specialties to the capital and thus promote consumption of locally grown agricultural products and other food. In 2017, Hanoi’s distributors, supermarkets and food chains signed 800 memorandums of understanding with local production units, resulting in consumption of more than 53,000 tonnes of vegetables, 25,000 tonnes of fruits and 9,500 tonnes of seafood. Many Vietnamese specialties such as Luc Ngan litchi, Hung Yen longan, Ha Giang orange, and Son La fruit and vegetables have been distributed and consumed in Hanoi. In 2016, Hanoi held demand-supply connection conferences with 30 provinces and cities across the country, in which 400 Hanoi businesses signed 350 memorandums of understanding and economic contracts to bring provincial products to Hanoi. The agreements helped these provinces access markets for agricultural products, such … [Read more...] about Hanoi provides market for food grown nationwide