Vietnam police arrest dozens in fraud, drug and illegal betting crackdowns

In July 2026 Vietnamese law‑enforcement agencies detained dozens of suspects across a series of criminal investigations.

Bank fraud investigator officers in Quảng Trị province placed Lê Văn Thành in custody for a scheme that defrauded more than VND 29 billion from residents by misrepresenting loan‑rollover needs.

In Lào Cai province, Đỗ Văn Khải was arrested and his residence searched, yielding 0.157 gram of synthetic drug and linking him to a wider network that supplied multiple users.

A massive illegal‑betting operation tied to the 2026 World Cup was dismantled: nine suspects were charged with copyright infringement, gambling and money‑laundering for an estimated VND 850 billion, while a separate syndicate uncovered in Ho Chi Minh City implicated 97 people and involved over VND 3 500 billion in football‑betting transactions.

A separate case in Hanoi identified a bettor, Trần Anh Ước, who deposited VND 25 million and wagered a total of about VND 142 million during the tournament.

Corruption investigations also led to the prosecution of former VTM mining executive Bùi Thanh Bình, accused of causing state losses exceeding VND 480 billion while receiving bribes worth VND 78 billion.

In a food‑fraud trial, the director of Herbitech, Phạm Vũ Khiêm, and co‑defendants faced up to 26 years in prison for producing and selling counterfeit food products, falsifying accounting records and laundering nearly VND 1.4 billion.

Finally, Hanoi prosecutors concluded an investigation into a scheme that manipulated psychiatric assessments, recommending charges against 57 former investigators and officials for abusing their positions to “run” mental‑health cases.