Lao Cai Customs seizes 180,000 tablets of synthetic drug tablets and about 1 kg of white crystals suspected of being methamphetamine at end-November 2021.

The decree provides regulations on agencies in charge of preventing and combating drug-related crimes.

Accordingly, agencies specializing in drug-related crime prevention and control include Police, Border Guard, Coast Guard and Customs.

The agency in charge of drug-related crime prevention and control under the People's Police includes: Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes; Investigation Police Division on Drug-related Crimes of provinces and centrally run cities; Investigation Police Team on Drug-related Crimes of districts, towns, provincial cities and centrally run cities.

The agency in charge of drug-related crime prevention and control of the Border Guard includes: Department of Drugs and Crime Prevention and Control; Special Task Force for Drug and Crime Prevention and Control; Division on Drug and Crime Prevention and Control; Special Task Force for Drug and Crime Prevention and Control under the provincial and municipal Command of Border Guards; Drugs and Crime Prevention and Control Teams of Border Guard Stations; Coast Guard Squadron.

The agency specializing in drug-related crime prevention and control under the Coast Guard includes: Department of Professional Affairs and Law, and Task Forces for Drug-related crime prevention and combat under the Coast Guard Command; Division on Drug-related crime prevention and control under the Coast Guard Regions.

The agencies in charge of drug-related crime prevention and control under the General Department of Vietnam Customs are: the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department under the General Department of Customs; the Anti-drug Enforcement Team (or the Customs Enforcement Team) under provincial, interprovincial and municipal customs departments; Drug Enforcement Team under Border Gate Customs Branch.