{
  "id": 1603569,
  "title": "Vietnam's biggest drug trial opens with 227 defendants, traced to toothpaste tubes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/vietnams-biggest-drug-trial-opens-with-227-defendants-traced-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:47:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
    "slug": "vnexpress-international",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/crime/vietnam-s-biggest-drug-trial-opens-with-227-defendants-traced-to-toothpaste-tubes-5110189.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday opened the first-instance trial of 227 defendants in a drug trafficking case expanded from the March 2023 case involving four female flight attendants who were used to transport drugs through Tan Son Nhat International Airport.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}