Detected and handled 1,561 cases of smuggling and trade fraud in August

In August 2025, the situation of smuggling, trade fraud and illegal transportation of goods across the border continued to develop complicatedly with many sophisticated and diverse tricks.

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From July 15 to August 14, 2025, the Customs force detected, arrested and handled 1,561 cases, a decrease of 174 cases (10.2%) compared to the same period last year; the value of infringing goods is estimated at about VND 1,055 billion, the amount collected for the budget reached VND 31.24 billion.

Of which, the Customs agency prosecuted 4 cases and transferred 8 cases to other agencies for prosecution, down 33.3% compared to the same period in 2024.

Notably, the sea route continues to be a “hot spot” when it accounts for 823/1,561 cases, equivalent to 52.7% of the total number of cases detected, arrested and handled. Violations are mainly concentrated at major seaports such as Van Gia, Dinh Vu, Nam Hai Dinh Vu, Tan Vu, VIP Green, Cat Lai, ICD Phuoc Long, Hiep Phuoc, Vict, Cai Mep…, with violations of import conditions, standards, and regulations, as well as regulations on goods labeling.

The road route detected and arrested 531 cases, accounting for 34%, mainly at the Vietnam-China and Vietnam-Cambodia borders, where subjects took advantage of policies facilitating import and export and incentives for border residents to mix and hide prohibited goods or high-value goods such as foreign currency, cigarettes, mobile phones, frozen foods, and N2O gas. At the same time, the buying and selling and transporting of firecrackers, white sugar, pesticides and plant growth stimulants continued in some central provinces and the Vietnam-Laos border.

The aviation route also detected 80 cases, accounting for 5.12%, with an estimated value of infringing goods of VND 81.2 billion, a decrease of 33.3% in the number of cases and a decrease of 73.1% in value compared to the same period in 2024. Violations were concentrated at Noi Bai, Tan Son Nhat, and Da Nang international airports; the common method was to take advantage of the form of consignment of goods, non-commercial, using international transportation services (FEDEX, DHL, UPS, etc.). The subjects often used fake names, fake ID cards, unclear addresses; hired recipients to send and receive goods at long-distance airports; hired service companies to receive goods through many stages to carry out customs declaration procedures to erase traces.

In addition, on railways, waterways, and postal routes, authorities also discovered and handled 127 violations.

Accumulated from December 15, 2024 to August 14, 2025, the Customs authority has detected, arrested and handled 11,912 cases, the value of infringing goods is estimated at about VND 16,151 billion; the budget revenue reached VND 569.12 billion; prosecuted 14 cases and transferred 76 cases to other agencies for prosecution.

In addition, the fight against drugs continues to achieve many important results. In August 2025 alone, the Customs force presided over and coordinated with the Police and Border Guard to detect and arrest 12 cases/19 subjects, of which the Customs directly presided over 3 cases.

The seized exhibits included 158kg of various drugs, including 3.16kg of heroin, 2.05kg of ketamine, 46.9kg of synthetic drugs and 106kg of other types. Accumulated from December 15, 2024 to August 14, 2025, the entire force discovered and arrested 137 cases/172 subjects, of which the Customs presided over 57 cases, with a total of 2,263kg of drugs, including 402.49g of opium, 153kg of marijuana, 38.5kg of heroin, 1.86kg of cocaine, 1,502kg of ketamine, 356kg and 1,903 synthetic drug pills, along with 212kg and 60,000 other drug pills.

Although the results of the fight have achieved many positive changes, the situation of smuggling, trade fraud and cross-border drug trafficking still has unpredictable developments, requiring the Customs force and relevant agencies to continue to resolutely and synchronously deploy many solutions to prevent and thoroughly handle them in the coming time.

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