Truck driver gets 13 years for accident killing 8 people

A truck driver sleep-driving while high on meth will spend 13 years in jail after an accident that killed eight commune officials.

58 held in Da Nang karaoke parlor drug bust

Police detained 58 who tested positive for drugs after a Da Nang karaoke parlor raid early Saturday and are planning to admit some of them to rehab centers.

200 test positive for narcotics after Dong Nai bar raid

Around 200 patrons detained in a police raid on a night club in Dong Nai Province have tested positive for banned substances.

June 23, 2019 | 05:00 pm GMT+7

Saigon's number of drug users rises to 23,500

The number of known drug users in Saigon as of last year was 23,500, a 7 percent increase from 2017, according to officials.

May 29, 2019 | 01:33 pm GMT+7

80 customers caught using drugs in Da Nang bar

Eighty people tested positive for drugs in a bar the police raided in the central city of Da Nang early on Friday.

May 03, 2019 | 09:15 pm GMT+7

Karaoke parlor raid nets 96 people using drugs in Vietnam

Police raided a karaoke parlor in the southernmost province of Ca Mau Sunday and found 96 using banned drugs.

April 07, 2019 | 07:27 pm GMT+7

Truck driver in deadly accident high on meth

The truck driver who rammed into a group of commune officials in Hai Duong Province Monday was high on meth.

January 21, 2019 | 09:59 pm GMT+7

18 foreigners held in Da Nang’s drug abuse crackdown

A late-night raid on a bar in central Vietnam's Da Nang Thursday found dozens of drug users, including foreign tourists.

September 29, 2018 | 01:44 pm GMT+7

Man arrested for drug-fueled murder of woman in Hanoi

He allegedly suffered hallucinations after taking meth, and suffocated the woman with garlic to ward away ghosts.

March 07, 2018 | 03:11 pm GMT+7

Trump marijuana policy reversal stokes fears in pot firms, users

'We're going crazy right now,' said one marketer.

January 06, 2018 | 11:00 am GMT+7

Saigon police bust downtown bars in midnight raids, send drug users fleeing

The bars were fined for harboring drug use, late opening and fire safety violation.

October 28, 2017 | 04:28 pm GMT+7