Vietnam intensifying border surveillance to prevent illegal entry, exit: Spokesperson
Vietnam is intensifying surveillance along its borders to prevent any illegal entry and exit, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told a regular press conference on March 11.
Vietnam is intensifying surveillance along its borders to prevent any illegal entry and exit. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is intensifying surveillance along its borders toprevent any illegal entry and exit, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hangtold a regular press conference on March 11.
Foreignershave been discovered illegally entering Vietnam by authorities in somelocalities, she said, and these people were tested for COVID-19 and sent toquarantine or given treatment if infected.
They will bepunished under Vietnamese law after their quarantine is completed, Hang added.
She revealedthat Vietnamese authorities have been actively coordinating with their counterpartsin other countries, especially those with which it shares a border, like China,to better manage the border and stop illegal entry and exit.
Thespokesperson noted further that in response to the Prime Minister’s order, theMinistries of National Defence and Public Security and the People’s Committees ofborder provinces have strengthened inspections and surveillance along theborder and examined control over illegal entry and exit, particularly via unmonitoredpaths and trails.
Vietnamwill vigorously punish those breaking immigration rules, according to Hang.
Authoritieshave investigated and strictly dealt with a number of people organising illegalentry into or exit from Vietnam, with cases published in the media, she said./.
More cameras have been set up in the border city of Mong Cai in northern Quang Ninh province to step up efforts in tackling COVID-19 by preventing illegal entry and smuggling, according to the Mong Cai People’s Committee.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 22 called upon border guards to increase efforts to effectively prevent illegal exit and entry, helping to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Localities have stayed vigilant and made constant efforts in preventing illegal entry and exit at border areas, in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nine foreigners entering Vietnam illegally and one Vietnamese citizen were handed over to the Medical Centre of Dong Phu district in southern Binh Phuoc province on March 9 for concentrated quarantine, as regulated.
Police in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang said on March 10 they have detained a local man for his involvement in organising illegal entry and exit.
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In an document issued on August 5, the PM emphasised the need to stablise living conditions for people hit by floods, landslides, and flash floods in late July and early August in northern and north-central provinces, especially Dien Bien, Son La, and Nghe An which suffered some of the worst damage.
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Vietnam is intensifying surveillance along its borders to prevent any illegal entry and exit. (Photo: VNA)
