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Vietnam news in brief - April 18
Read the Hanoi Times to keep up with the latest developments in the country.
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16:00, 2021/03/01
Vietnam tightens control over illegal immigration
One third of provinces bordering with Cambodia have tightened entry procedures on people coming from this country.
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09:17, 2020/11/30
Committee asks for strengthening illegal immigration prevention
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has asked for stricter measures to prevent illegal immigrants as part of Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention and control efforts amid the context of complicated development of the pandemic in the world.
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06:08, 2020/07/28
Vietnam arrests Chinese ringleader of illegal immigration
There has been some speculation about the link between Chinese immigrants and the local infections of coronavirus in Vietnam.