According to the Lao Cai Provincial e-Portal, implementing the Action Month for Drug Prevention and Control (from June 1 to June 30, 2026) and responding to International Day, National Day for Drug Prevention and Control (June 26), Lao Cai province has synchronously implemented many solutions to propagate, fight, prevent and control crime, contributing to raising people's awareness and maintaining security and order.
The highlight of the action month is the rally and running race of the movement "Joining hands to build communes and wards without drugs" held on June 27th at 19/8 Square, Yen Bai ward.
The program connects online with a national rally, in which Lao Cai is one of the 6 localities broadcast live. Nearly 6,000 people participated at the provincial level bridge point, along with about 47,000 people in 95 communes and wards, raising the total number of responses to more than 53,000 - the largest scale ever.
During the peak month, units and localities organized 647 direct propaganda sessions with 24,376 participants. Press and media agencies implemented 3,982 news, articles, reports, photos, clips and 64 propaganda columns; more than 20,000 banners and posters were used to spread the message of drug prevention and control.
Regarding the fight against crime, functional forces discovered and arrested 83 cases with 169 subjects in June, a sharp increase compared to the same period in 2025. Accumulated from the beginning of 2026, the whole province discovered 377 cases with 755 subjects. Seized exhibits included heroin, synthetic drugs, opium, 240 bottles of CBD drug essential oil, 62 marijuana plants and many related exhibits.
Notably, the provincial police mobilized more than 100 officers and soldiers, established 9 working groups to inspect camps on the mountains in Minh Luong commune (Lao Cai), arrested 20 subjects related to illegal drug trading, storage and use. Functional forces also handled 3 subjects buying, selling, and storing e-cigarettes containing CBD drugs, seizing 264 bottles of essential oil.
In June, procedural agencies tried 58 cases with 93 defendants; organized 15 online court sessions, 6 mobile court sessions and 3 trial sessions to draw experience. The whole province established 161 dossiers to send subjects to compulsory detoxification; maintained methadone treatment for 1,744 patients; supported 16 cases after detoxification to borrow 1.75 billion VND for economic development and job connection for 19 cases of community reintegration.
In the coming time, Lao Cai will continue to implement solutions to build "drug-free communes and wards", strengthen the management of addicts and post-detoxification people, promote propaganda at schools, residential areas and border areas, and link the responsibility of the head with the results of implementation.
