Trial begins for gold smuggling case from Cambodia into Vietnam

Defendants at the trial on Tuesday. 4,830kg of gold were smuggled from Cambodia into Vietnam. - Photo: VNA/VNS

HCM CITY: Seeing that the gold price in Vietnam was higher than in Cambodia, the defendants established two smuggling rings to import gold bars from the neighbouring country to sell to domestic gold shop owners.

Investigations revealed that both rings smuggled a total of more than six tonnes of gold bars.

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