Lang Son (VNA) – Competent forces in thenorthern border province of Lang Son have arrested 15 people involved in two illegalimmigration rings.
They detected on September 25 six people, comprisingfour Chinese and two Vietnamese, illegally entering Vietnam via an area of Border Marker1217 in Mau Son commune, Loc Binh district.
One of the two Vietnamese - Phan Van Tuong, 48, aresident in Yen Khoai commune, Loc Binh district, said he was hired by aChinese man for 10 million VND (431 USD) to take the four Chinese to Lang Soncity.
The Chinese nationals confessed that they wanted toseek jobs in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, through illegalentry.
One day earlier, local authorities found a car drivenby a Vietnamese in Bac Xa commune, Dinh Lap district, Lang Son province, carryingseven Chinese and one Vietnamese named Nong Van Thanh, 30, residing in Binh Xacommune.
Thanh admitted that he was hired by a Chinese man for70 million VND to pick up the group of seven at Border Marker 1283 in Bac Xacommune, and take them to Hanoi.
The Chinese nationals said they are heading toCambodia through Vietnam for job seeking.
The cases are under further investigation./.