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Singapore makes major heroin bust at Malaysia border

Singapore makes major heroin bust at Malaysia border

Singapore's anti-narcotics agency on Friday announced the seizure of nearly 18 kg (634 oz) of heroin in a car arriving from neighboring Malaysia, in what local media said was the biggest haul of its kind in the city-state in two decades.
Fake Covid antiviral in Switzerland bears Vietnamese label

Fake Covid antiviral in Switzerland bears Vietnamese label

The drug administration on Thursday issued a warning regarding a fake Covid-19 antiviral molnupiravir drug found in Switzerland, whose label states it was produced in Vietnam.
May 5, 2022 | 10:48 pm PT
Drug companies see double digit growth in Q1

Drug companies see double digit growth in Q1

Demand for Covid-19 medicines and other items drove pharmaceutical firms’ profits up in the first quarter.
April 22, 2022 | 05:42 am PT
130,000 smuggled Covid test kits, drugs seized in HCMC

130,000 smuggled Covid test kits, drugs seized in HCMC

Over 56,000 Covid-19 test kits and 76,000 Covid-19 pills of unknown origins were seized by authorities in Ho Chi Minh City's Binh Tan District on Thursday.
March 10, 2022 | 10:43 pm PT
People denied Covid antiviral purchases in HCMC

People denied Covid antiviral purchases in HCMC

Many people have been denied purchases of molnupiravir pills at drug stores in Ho Chi Minh City since they couldn't "satisfy requirements."
February 25, 2022 | 06:00 am PT
Vietnamese among dozens of firms to make cheap version of Merck Covid pill for poorer nations

Vietnamese among dozens of firms to make cheap version of Merck Covid pill for poorer nations

Nearly 30 generic drugmakers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East will make cheap versions of Merck & Co's Covid-19 pill.
January 20, 2022 | 08:53 pm PT
Covid drug could affect fetus, sperm, bone growth: health ministry

Covid drug could affect fetus, sperm, bone growth: health ministry

Covid-19 drug molnupiravir could affect unborn fetuses, sperms and bone growth, the country's drug advisory agency has warned.
January 11, 2022 | 09:12 pm PT
China grants emergency approval for its first Covid drug

China grants emergency approval for its first Covid drug

China's drug authority has granted emergency approval for the country's first specialized treatment against Covid-19, found in clinical trials to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths among high-risk patients.
December 8, 2021 | 10:31 pm PT
Hanoi drug trafficker sentenced to death

Hanoi drug trafficker sentenced to death

A Da Nang court sentenced one man to death and a woman to life imprisonment on Saturday for storing and transporting five kilos of drugs.
April 24, 2021 | 06:57 pm PT
Delivery man caught with 30,000 amphetamine pills

Delivery man caught with 30,000 amphetamine pills

Ha Tinh police have detained a 36-year-old man carrying 30,000 amphetamine pills in a backpack to be delivered at a gas station.
March 9, 2021 | 04:00 am PT
24 fined for drug possession, flouting social distancing in Da Nang

24 fined for drug possession, flouting social distancing in Da Nang

24 people were penalized Monday for indulging in banned substances at a karaoke parlor in Da Nang City, ignoring social distancing requirements.
September 1, 2020 | 12:05 am PT
Two-time lottery winner beats life of tragedy

Two-time lottery winner beats life of tragedy

Luck smiled on Toan twice at 15, though the money he had made filled his life with misery.
July 10, 2020 | 12:47 am PT
Chinese men producing drugs in Central Highlands arrested

Chinese men producing drugs in Central Highlands arrested

Authorities have arrested 7 Chinese men and seized hundreds of liters of drug precursors at a factory in Kon Tum Province.
September 11, 2019 | 03:54 am PT
Laotian man caught in Vietnam with 300 kg of meth gets death sentence

Laotian man caught in Vietnam with 300 kg of meth gets death sentence

A 24-year-old Laotian man who had been caught last October with 300 kilograms of methamphetamine in central Vietnam was sentenced to death Wednesday.
August 28, 2019 | 06:53 pm PT
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