Publications
Books
Luong, Hai (2022). Herding Cats (translated from 'The Green Faraway Roads' of To Giang - Vietnamese). Melbourne, VIC Australia: Bonfire Books.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019). Transnational drug trafficking across the Vietnam-Laos border. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-15773-9
Book Chapters
Jardine, Melissa and Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Positionality and its implications for researching the police in Vietnam. Introduction to policing research. (pp. 159-177) edited by Denise Martin and Stephen Tong. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003276456-15
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Prevent and combat sexual assault and exploitation of children on cyberspace in Vietnam: situations, challenges, and responses. Research anthology on child and domestic abuse and its prevention. (pp. 680-699) Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5598-2.ch038
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Vietnam: intelligence-led policing culture at the borderland. The handbook of Asian intelligence cultures. (pp. 407-418) edited by Ryan Shaffer. Lanham, Maryland, United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Contributions and responsibilities of police forces in natural disasters: a review of Vietnam's case study. Information technology applications for crisis response and management. (pp. 90-110) edited by Jon W. Beard. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7210-8.ch005
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Prevent and combat sexual assault and exploitation of children on cyberspace in Vietnam: situations, challenges, and responses. Combating the exploitation of children in cyberspace: emerging research and opportunities. (pp. 68-94) edited by Hossam Nabil Elshenraki. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2360-5.ch004
Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). Healthcare service, food security, and sustainable development: main reasons to grow opium poppy in Myanmar. Global food politics and approaches to sustainable consumption: emerging research and opportunities. (pp. 119-141) edited by Luke Amadi and Fidelis Allen. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0125-2.ch006
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019). Community-based policing to prevent and combat crime: specific perspectives and strategic solutions in Vietnam. Handbook of research on trends and issues in crime prevention, rehabilitation, and victim support. (pp. 463-479) edited by Augusto Balloni and Raffaella Sette. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1286-9.ch027
Luong, Hai Thanh (2017). Drug trafficking trends and its responses: a case study of Vietnam. Cybercrime, organized crime, and societal responses: international approaches. (pp. 201-218) edited by Emilio C. Viano. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-44501-4_9
Journal Articles
Luong, Hai Thanh, Le, Toan Quang, Nguyen, Thuyet Van and Luong, Vong Khac (2024). Community-based policing of natural disasters in Vietnam: analysing the ‘four-on-the-spot’ model. Policing and Society, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/10439463.2024.2319819
Ngoc Ho, Huong Thi, Luong, Hai Thanh and Phan, Quang Anh (2024). Mapping the Influences of Social Network Site Use on Cybercrime Victimization: Trends and Recommendations. Asian Communication Research, 21 (1), 6-6. doi: 10.20879/acr.2023.20.018
Van Nguyen, Oanh and Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Assessing the hotline services on child trafficking victims: an analysis of Vietnam. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 38 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11896-023-09600-7
Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Foundations and trends in the darknet-related criminals in the last 10 years: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. Security Journal, 1-40. doi: 10.1057/s41284-023-00383-4
Nguyen, Oanh Van and Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Rescuing victims of human trafficking: a case study in Vietnam. Abuse: An International Impact Journal, 4 (1). doi: 10.37576/abuse.2023.043
Le, Lan Chi, Hoang, Yen Hai, Bui, Hang Thanh, Nguyen, Duc Quang, Mai, Son Thanh and Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Wrongful convictions in Asian countries: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/01924036.2023.2188235
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Community-based policing to control COVID-19 outbreak at communal clusters: A Vietnam perspective. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 7 (4), 168-173. doi: 10.35502/jcswb.242
Le, Lan Chi, Hoang, Yen Hai, Bui, Hang Thanh, Nguyen, Duc Quang, Mai, Son Thanh and Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Understanding causes for wrongful convictions in Vietnam: a view from the top and the bottom of the iceberg. Asian Journal of Criminology, 17 (S1), S55-S73. doi: 10.1007/s11417-022-09390-7
Luong, Hai and Thomson, Nicholas (2022). Tackling environmental crimes and biological threats across borders of the greater Mekong subregion. Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 4 (1), 8-16. doi: 10.31389/jied.181
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Understanding the illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam: A systematic literature review. Laws, 11 (4) 64, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/laws11040064
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Preliminary findings of the trends and patterns of darknet-related criminals in the last decade. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4174766
Luong, Hai T. (2022). Paradoxical issues in eradicating opium cultivation in Myanmar: A perspective from local farmers’ voices. Poverty and Public Policy, 14 (2), 96-116. doi: 10.1002/pop4.335
Tran, Mai Thi Ngoc, Dunne, Michael P., Minh Le, Giang, Han, Hoe Dinh, Nguyen, Trang Thu, Luong, Hai Thanh, Luong, Quang Hung, Pham, Ha Nguyen and Baker, Philip (2022). Understanding Vietnam's drug policy for amphetamine-type stimulants misuse. Harm Reduction Journal, 19 (1) 45, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00621-9
Ho, Huong Thi Ngoc and Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Research trends in cybercrime victimization during 2010-2020: a bibliometric analysis. SN Social Sciences, 2 (1) 4, 1-32. doi: 10.1007/s43545-021-00305-4
Thanh-Luong, Hai (2022). Transnational drug trafficking in Southeast Asia: identifying national limitations to look for regional changes. Revista Criminalidad, 64 (1), 177-192. doi: 10.47741/17943108.338
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Fumbling out the effective pathways to apply the wildlife and forest analytic toolkit in the Mekong region: looking at data and analysis perspectives. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 24 (3-4), 251-267. doi: 10.1080/13880292.2021.2006426
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Community-based policing in COVID-19: a 4-P's priorities of Vietnam's police. Policing and Society, 31 (10), 1217-1231. doi: 10.1080/10439463.2020.1860981
Nguyen, Oanh Van, Lai, Cong Van, Luong, Hai Thanh and Le, Toan Quang (2021). Exploring loan sharks in online peer-to-peer lending applications: a case study of Vietnam. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 10, 1298-1309. doi: 10.6000/1929-4409.2021.10.150
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Reprint of: Why Vietnam continues to impose the death penalty for drug offences: A narrative commentary. International Journal of Drug Policy, 92. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103132
Luna Galván, Mauricio, Luong, Hai Thanh and Astolfi, Elisa (2021). El narcotráfico como crimen organizado: comprendiendo el fenómeno desde la perspectiva trasnacional y multidimensional. Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad, 16 (1), 197-212. doi: 10.18359/ries.5412
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Review of Miroslav Nožina and Filip Kraus (2020), Vietnamese organized crime in the Czech Republic. Trends in Organized Crime, 24 (3), 384-387. doi: 10.1007/s12117-021-09413-2
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Why Vietnam continues to impose the death penalty for drug offences: a narrative commentary. International Journal of Drug Policy, 88. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103043
Luong, Hai Thanh, Hoang, Luc Trong, Le, Toan Quang, Hoang, Tuan Anh, Vu, Mai Thanh, Tran, Huyen Quang and Thomson, Nicholas (2021). ?We realised we needed a new approach?: government and law enforcement perspectives on the implementation and future of the drug decriminalisation policy in Vietnam. International Journal of Drug Policy, 87 102990, 102990. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102990
Nguyen, Trong and Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). The structure of cybercrime networks: transnational computer fraud in Vietnam. Journal of Crime & Justice, 44 (4), 419-440. doi: 10.1080/0735648x.2020.1818605
Luong, Hai Thanh, Jardine, Melissa and Thomson, Nicholas (2020). Mobilizing the police from the top down as public health partners in combatting COVID-19: a perspective from Vietnam. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 5 (2), 57-59. doi: 10.35502/jcswb.132
Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). Drug trafficking in the mainland Southeast Asian region: the example of Vietnam’s shared borderland with Laos. International Annals of Criminology, 58 (1), 130-151. doi: 10.1017/cri.2020.19
Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). The organisational structure of transnational narcotics trafficking groups in Southeast Asia: a case study of Vietnam's border with Laos. Trends in Organized Crime, 23 (4), 385-411. doi: 10.1007/s12117-020-09384-w
Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). Mapping on transnational crime routes in the new silk road: a case study of the greater Mekong sub-region. The Chinese Journal of Global Governance, 6 (1), 20-35. doi: 10.1163/23525207-12340045
Nguyen, Oanh Van, Le, Toan Quang and Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). Police failure in identifying victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation: an empirical study in Vietnam. Journal of Crime and Justice, 43 (4), 502-517. doi: 10.1080/0735648x.2020.1724816
Truong, Dung Tuan, Nguyen, Bang Duc, Nguyen, Oanh Van, Pham, Du Cong and Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). Social norms and political constructions of drug use: a narrative story of Vietnam. Cogent Social Sciences, 6 (1) 1838707, 1838707. doi: 10.1080/23311886.2020.1838707
Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). Transnational crime and its trends in South-East Asia: a detailed narrative in Vietnam. International Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 9 (2), 88-101. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1147
Luong, Hai Thanh, Le, Toan Quang, Lam, Dung Tien and Ngo, Bac Gia (2019). Vietnam’s policing in harm reduction: has one decade seen changes in drug control?. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 4 (4), 67-72. doi: 10.35502/jcswb.108
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019). Drug production, consumption, and trafficking in the Greater Mekong sub-region. Asian Survey, 59 (4), 717-737. doi: 10.1525/as.2019.59.4.717
Luong, Hai Thanh, Phan, Huy Duc, Chu, Dung Van, Nguyen, Viet Quoc, Le, Kien Trung and Hoang, Luc Trong (2019). Understanding cybercrimes in Vietnam: from leading-point provisions to legislative system and law enforcement. International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 13 (2), 290-308. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3700724
Luong, Hai Thanh, Phan, Huy Duc and Dung, Chu Van (2019). Cybercrime in legislative perspectives: a comparative analysis between the Budapest convention and Vietnam regulations. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 10 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.26483/ijarcs.v10i3.6414
Luong, Hai Thanh (2017). International cooperation in educating and training police: forwarding ASEAN’s vision 2020 to combat non-traditional crimes. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 4 (12). doi: 10.14738/assrj.412.3405
Luong, Hai Thanh (2015). Transnational drugs trafficking from West Africa to Southeast Asia: a case study of Vietnam. Journal of Law and Criminal Justice, 3 (2), 37-54. doi: 10.15640/jlcj.v3n2a4
Luong, Hai Thanh (2014). The application of the death penalty for drug-related crimes in Vietnam: law, policy, and practice. Thailand Journal of Law and Policy, 17 (1).
Luong, Hai Thanh (2014). Based on the 'ethnic' factor to understanding the distinct characteristics of cannabis cultivation: a review of overseas Vietnamese drug groups. The GSTF Journal of Law and Social Sciences, 3 (2), 75-86.
Conference Papers
Luong, Hai Thanh and Gatwech, Nyalok (2024). Understanding the nature of the cryptocurrency-involved transactions in illicit economies of organised crime for trafficking victims in Southeast Asia. International Conference Digital Transactions in Asia V, Quy Nhon, Viet Nam, 21-22 February 2024.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Herding cats. 24-Hour Conference on Organised Crime, Virtual, 18-19 Oct 2023. Vienne: Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime.
Hai Thanh Luong (2023). The study of criminology in Vietnam: Historical developments from the Soviet perspectives. The Influence of the Soviet Law Model on Modern Legal Systems of Russia, China and Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, 12-13 October 2023.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Unbalancing to apply the harm reduction in drug policy: an analysis of the drug law enforcement expenditures from Vietnam. Drug Laws in Asia, Singapore, 28-30 June 2023. Singapore: Singapore Management University.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). Why Southeast Asia continues to fumble in combating drug trafficking: an analysing among original, transitable, and destinated countries. The 3rd International Forum on Drug Policy, Shanghai, China, 7-8 June 2023.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2023). What’s worked? What hasn’t worked? Countering cyber-enabled crimes case studies in the Lower Mekong region. Mekong – U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue with a thematic focus on Countering Trafficking and Cyber-Enabled Crimes, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-9 April 2023.
Luong, Hai (2022). A Vietnamese cannabis voice: an insightful of the real stories. 2022 ANZSOC conference: transforming criminology for the 2020s and beyond, Darwin, NT, Australia, 28 - 30 November 2022.
Ayoko, Oluremi (Remi), Ko, Ryan, Kromah, Momo and Luong, Hai (2022). Cybercrime, employee productivity and wellbeing in a hybrid work environment. 2022 ANZSOC conference: transforming criminology for the 2020s and beyond, Darwin, NT, Australia, 28 - 30 November 2022.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022). Connecting the dots: how we apply the triangular approaches to collect illicit drug supply’s data in mainland Southeast Asia. 6th International Conference on Governance, Crime and Justice Statistics, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 9-11 November 2022.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Vietnamese cannabis growers building up their syndicates in Australia. 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime, Virtual, 1-2 December 2021.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Fears, confidences, and motivations: for young criminologists to fieldwork in the Golden Triangle. Asian Criminological Society 12th Annual Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 18-21 June 2021.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021). Challenges for Policing and Harm Reduction in Drug Policies of Vietnam. 6th International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, Philadephia, PA, United States, 22-26 March 2021.
Luong, Hai Thanh and Ta, Jack (2021). What are the specific actions if Vietnam still retains the death penalty for drug-related offences?. Death Penalty in Asia: Law and Practice , Hanoi, Vietnam (Online), 18-19 February 2021. Hanoi, Vietnam: Social Science Publishing House.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2020). COVID-19's Impacts on Drug Trafficking in Vietnam. 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime Crime, Virtual , 10-11 November 2020.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019). Opium cultivation and alternative development in Asia. The Drug Policy Forum Conference, St Louis, MO, United States, 6-9 November 2019.
Hai Thanh Luong (2019). Policing in Harm Reduction after One Decade Changed in Vietnam. the 5th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health, Edinburgh , 21 - 23 October 2019.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019). Why Vietnam Continue to Maintain the Death Penalty with Drug-Related Crimes?. Drug Policy in Asia: Rights, Wrongs and Emerging Trends, Hong Kong, 14-15 October 2019.
Luong, Hai Thanh , Le, Toan Quang , Lam, Dung Tien , Ngo, Bac Gia and Tran, Huong Minh (2019). Decriminalising Drug Use in Vietnam: Lessons and Recommendations. 1st Asian Regional Conference on Drug Policy, Hong Kong, 14-15 October 2019.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019). Mapping on transnational crime routes in the greater Mekong sub-region in the new silk road. the 11th International Convention of Asian Scholar Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands, 15-19 July 2019.
Luong, Hai Thanh and Battersby, Paul (2017). ASEAN law enforcement cooperation in an era of complex global crime. The 30 Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Canberra, Australia, 11-13 December 2017.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2016). Utilizing crime script analysis to identify modus operandi of transnational drug trafficking cases from Vietnam to Australia. The 29 Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC), Hobart, Tasmania, 29 November - 2 December 2016.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2016). The nature of transnational drugs trafficking across mainland Southeast Asian borderland: a case study of Vietnam and Laos. 2016 Vietnamese Legal Studies Graduate Student Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, August 2016.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2016). Organizational structure and modus operandi of transnational drug trafficking: a case study of Vietnam. 11th Singapore graduate forum on Southeast Asian studies, Singapore, Singapore, 12–14 July 2016. Singapore, Singapore: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
Luong, Hai Thanh and Battersby, Paul (2016). Globalisation risk and human trafficking. The BORDER 21 International Conference, Melbourne, Australia, June 2016.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2016). Drug and drug trafficking in the greater Mekong sub-regional: a case study of Vietnam and its shared borders. The 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP), Sydney, Australia, 16-18 May 2016.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2015). Drug trafficking routes in the Southeast Asian region: an analysis across the Vietnamese borderland with its neighbours. The 28 Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 25-27 November 2015. Asian Research Institute (National University of Singapore).
Luong, Hai Thanh (2014). Understanding on cross-border drug trafficking’s networks: Vietnam’s perspective. AsiaScapes Contesting Borders, Perth, WA, Australia, 8-10 July 2014.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2014). Female participation in transnational drugs trafficking: distinct characteristics from Vietnam perspective. International Conference on Social Sciences, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25-26 March 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The International institute of Knowledge Management.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2013). Ethnic factor in cannabis cultivation network: a literature review from Vietnamese drug groups in overseas. Annual International Conference on Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics Research, Singapore, Singapore, 9-10 December 2013. Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF). doi: 10.5176/2382-5642_fscr13.25
Audio Document
Luong, Hai Thanh, Nguyen, Trong Van, Bui, Dat Tien, Phan, Huy Duc, Luong, Loan and Bui, Christina (2020). COVID Impacts on organized crime in Vietnam. Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
Video Document
Thesis
Hai Thanh Luong (2017). Transnational narcotics trafficking and law enforcement: a Vietnam perspective. PhD Thesis, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University.
Newspaper Articles
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022, 12 10). A Vietnamese Cannabis Voice: An Insight of the Real Stories ANZSOC Newsletter: PacifiCrim
Luong, Hai Thanh (2022, 03 30). Alarming Rise Of Drug Use, Production, And Trafficking In Southeast Asia: Another Pandemic In The Covid-19 Era Institute for Asian Crime and Security 1-8.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021, 11 14). The “Green Roads Of Herding Cats:” How Vietnamese Cannabis Cultivators Have Built Up Their Syndicates In Australia Institute for Asian Crime and Security 1-10.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021, 10 07). Undocumented Vietnamese Migrants: What Is Going On Since The Essex Tragedy? Institute for Asian Crime and Security 1-9.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021, 09 05). The Southeast Asia Drug Scourge: Opium And Heroin Are The Old Challenges, While Methamphetamine And Fentanyl Are Contemporary Concerns Institute for Asian Crime and Security 1-8.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021, 08 05). Why Is Vietnam Still Considered A Hot-Spot Location In The Illegal Wildlife Trade? Institute for Asian Crime and Security 1-15.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2021, 06 14). Examining The Challenges Of Controlling Illicit Drug Trafficking Across The Mekong Since The Start Of The Pandemic Institute for Asian Crime and Security 1-9.
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019, 07 26). Time to rethink Vietnam’s drug policies Eastasia Forum
Luong, Hai Thanh (2019, 05 02). Vietnam and the Mekong’s synthetic drug epidemic The Diplomat
Research Reports
Hai Thanh Luong and Nicholas Thomson (2022). Baseline survey on training needs to recognize biological threats for law enforcement and disease control agencies in preventing and combating wild animal crimes at cross-border areas of Vietnam. Hanoi, Vietnam: Hanoi University of Public Health.
Luong, Hai Thanh and Thomson, Nicholas (2022). Trafficking of contagion environmental crime and biological threats in the Greater Mekong. Vienna, Austria: Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
Hai Thanh Luong (2021). Drug Law Enforcement Expenditures in Vietnam. London: Harm Reduction International.