Vietnamese Police said on July 27 morning that they have detected five Chinese nationals having illegally entered Vietnam by boat to Lao Cai Province from China.
According to the commander of Highway Traffic Police, all of them were founded in a car, plate number 60A-57510, controlled by Nguyen Trinh Van Hung, who was born in 1972, residing in Khanh Hoa province. When they were on the way to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi to fly to Ho Chi Minh City before being arrested by the task force. The National Police Newspaper reported.
As of the end of Saturday morning, police in Son Tra District had examined 14 local households accommodating foreigners, 374 guesthouses, hotels, homestays, rental houses, resorts and apartments.
Police officers discovered nine cases of Chinese nationals having illegally entered Vietnam and 14 other cases yet to declare their temporary residence to local authorities.
Of the nine Chinese people who made an illegal entry into the country, two are being quarantined at the hospital while the other seven are being isolated at a centralized COVID-19 quarantine camp as per regulations.
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A series of cases involving Chinese people illegally entering Vietnam were discovered recently in central Vietnam, including in Da Nang.
Particularly, an administrative inspection at 39 Duong Tu Giang Street in Khue My Ward of Ngu Hanh Son District on July 11 found four Chinese citizens who had illegally entered the country/
On July 16, 24 Chinese citizens who had illegally entered Vietnam were found in another inspection at the East Sea hotel on Loseby Street in Son Tra District.
According to a report by Tuoi Tre News, Da Nang Police have launched an investigation into the case of “organizing for people to illegal enter Vietnam.”
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Source: Vietnam Insider