Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

HANOI — Vietnam customs officials on Monday said they had seized more than a tonne of ivory, believed to be from elephant tusks, being smuggled on the country's border with China.

Police in southern Vietnam have charged three men and one woman for allegedly trafficking people to China to sell their kidneys.

Hanoi - Vietnamese police on Wednesday said they estimated 4,500 tons of wild animals are smuggled through the country every year.

Hanoi - Vietnamese police arrested a women for trafficking rare animals in the country, an officer said Tuesday.

Vietnam on Wednesday defended its efforts against human trafficking, after the United States placed it on a watch list.

Several crew members of Vietnam Airlines are suspected to have been involved in a large-scale operation to smuggle articles stolen in Japan out of the country and smuggle foodstuffs into the country in large numbers of suitcases and cardboard boxes brought on their flights from Vietnam, according to police sources.

HANOI — Police in Vietnam have arrested two women for involvement in baby trafficking into China and rescued a 10-day-old boy, state media said on Monday.

Hoang Thi Hien, 36, and Truong Thi Loat, 42, were detained last Sunday as they tried to cross the border into China with the child, said the police-run Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper.