Gao Liang Gu, 42, suspected to be the ringleader, was arrested Saturday night at a hotel in Da Nang’s Ngu Hanh Son District.
This person is believed to have organized a line to bring Chinese nationals into the city of Da Nang, central Vietnam and nearby Quang Nam province illegally in recent times, police said.
On Sunday, the police brought Gu back to Quang Nam to expand the investigation.
The arrest was made soon after Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the Ministry of Public Security to investigate the illegal entry of foreigners to central Vietnam, following Saturday morning’s confirmation of the first Covid-19 community transmission in 100 days.
Authorities have detected 73 Chinese nationals illegally entering Da Nang and Quang Nam through unofficial channels in the past few days.
On July 21, Da Nang police arrested a Chinese national and two Vietnamese nationals to interrogate them in connection with a ring that brought foreigners into the city, but all three were released on bail.
Vietnam has recorded four cases of Covid-19 community transmission in the past few days, three in Da Nang and one in nearby Quang Ngai Province, the first of which broke Vietnam's 99-day streak with no community transmission.Health authorities have yet to confirm the source of the infection of these cases.
The country has banned entry by foreign nationals since March 22 with exceptions and conditions, including 14-day quarantining on arrival.
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