Vietnam: 1) Government position on drug trafficking; 2) Treatment of drug traffickers 3) Is Vietnam a signatory to drug control agreements or conventions? 4) Treatment of returnees to Vietnam
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VNM9819 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Vietnam: 1) Government position on drug trafficking; 2) Treatment of drug traffickers 3) Is Vietnam a signatory to drug control agreements or conventions? 4) Treatment of returnees to Vietnam, 1 December 1991, VNM9819, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac3040.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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The IRBDC was unable to find any information on the attitude of the Vietnamese government to drug trafficking or to drug traffickers. None of the currently available sources were able to confirm whether Vietnam is signatory to any drug control agreements or conventions.
We have attached an excerpt from Vietnam: A Country Study (1989) on "Law Enforcement". The particular crimes which could be connected with drug trafficking are not mentioned specifically but the excerpt may give you some appreciation of law in Vietnam.
According to The Economist (2 Nov. 1991), "United Nations observers know of no cases in which a returned boat person has been mistreated;" (35). A representative of the UNHCR in Ottawa confirms this information and states that UNHCR has "free access to returnees in Vietnam unfettered by government people" (4 Dec. 1991).
Bibliography
The Economist. 2 November 1991. "Boat People: Force if Necessary, Gently if Possible".
UNHCR Representative. 4 December 1991. Telephone interview. Ottawa.
U.S. Department of the Army. Vietnam: A Country Study. 1989. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Attachments
U.S. Department of the Army. Vietnam: A Country Study. 1989. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. Pp. 299-303.
The Economist. 2 November 1991. "Boat People: Force if Necessary, Gently if Possible". Pp. 34-35.
