The Lao men, Thongchaleun Youkhanthone, 27; Syvongphet Saiykham; Sisoulath Vydavone; and Sivongxay Chok, were convicted of illegal drug transport.
Keobounmanh Heng, a Lao woman, received 20 years on the same charge.
Nguyen Lap Son, 39, and Nguyen Duc Thinh, 26, two Vietnamese drug dealers who ran the ring’s distribution hub from a rented house on the outskirts of the city, were sentenced to death for illegal drug trading.
Vo Ba Thinh, a third Vietnamese man who drove the final delivery received life, and Phan Thi Bich Tram, Son’s wife who was…
