Over 31,000 illegal entrants caught entering Vietnam in 2020 amid Covid fears
Over 31,000 illegal entrants caught entering Vietnam in 2020 amid Covid fears By Hoang Thuy, Nguyen Quy  January 9, 2021 | 02:31 pm GMT+7 Border guards in Lang Son Province which borders China, February 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy. Border troops detained 31,460 people who tried to illegally enter the country last year as the government stepped up efforts, including border closures, to combat Covid-19. They included 25,000 people entering from China and the rest were from Laos and Cambodia, Major General Nguyen Xuan Kien, director of the Department of Military Medicine, said at ...