Illegal logging in Laos

(Baonghean.vn) -On April 8, Thanh Thuy Border Post said: the unit has just organized to receive and coordinate with local authorities to handle Vietnamese people who went to Laos to illegally exploit wood and were arrested by Lao authorities.

Previously, in the Nam Let stream area (near Xop Tong village 1, Nam On village cluster, Xay Cham Phon district, Bo Ly Kham Xay province, Laos), Xay Cham Phon Border Guard Company (Laos) organized a patrol and discovered 18 Vietnamese people, from Khe Lo village, Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district, illegally logging. Your force confiscated 5 chainsaws, 200 wooden boards of various types, fined the subjects 25,000,000 VND and sent them back to Vietnam (the 18 people above used border entry and exit papers for residents of border areas).

Hung Phong