Detecting a facility producing fake Tet jam in Vinh Phuc province.

In the last days of the year, local market management forces have continuously detected and arrested many violations. Typically, on January 14, the joint inspection team 389 of Ha Dong district (led by Market Management Team No. 11 and the Hanoi Market Management Department) discovered more than 18,000 firecracker products. The owner of the shipment could not present documents proving the origin, so the inspection team temporarily detained the goods for verification and handling according to the provisions of law.

Previously, on January 11, Market Management Team No. 2 and 5 (Market Management Department of Vinh Phuc province) coordinated with Vinh Phuc Provincial Police to suddenly inspect Nguyen Van Loi business establishment, in Phuong Vien street, Tho Tang town, Vinh Tuong district, and discovered that this establishment was packaging thousands of boxes of finished peanut, pumpkin, apple, coconut jam... The owner of the establishment could not present a business registration certificate or invoices proving the origin of the raw materials. All of the goods showed signs of counterfeit labels, packaging...

Synchronize solutions

Mr. Do Hong Chung, Deputy Chief of Office of the National Steering Committee 389, said that in 2023, smuggling and trade fraud were complicated in many border areas such as: Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Tay Ninh, Long An, Kien Giang, An Giang with main items being cigarettes, sugar, beer, wine, fashion, fashion accessories, cosmetics, functional foods, modern medicine, construction wood, drugs, firecrackers, rare animals...

The situation of counterfeit goods, fake goods, and intellectual property infringement by businesses has also increased on a large scale. For example, the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police recently seized a large amount of functional foods, estimated at more than 10 billion VND...

“Violations in commercial activities seriously affect people's health, legitimate businesses' production and business, cause losses to the State budget; create an unhealthy business environment; and negatively impact the domestic business environment,” Mr. Do Hong Chung emphasized.

According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Le, Deputy Director of the Department of Professional Affairs, General Department of Market Management (Ministry of Industry and Trade), although the authorities have actively taken action, during the Lunar New Year 2024, subjects have used new methods and tricks in trade fraud. New methods such as concealing the origin of goods, swapping, embezzling goods, and illegally transporting goods across the border are still taking place in sophisticated forms, easy to erase traces, and disperse if detected.

The representative of the National Steering Committee 389 said that it is necessary to synchronize solutions and have coordination between agencies, businesses and people. Along with that, the functional forces need to grasp the situation of routes, areas and subjects; strengthen the direction and inspection work regularly and continuously; share information between specialized forces, inter-provincial and inter-line to prevent violations of the law in commercial activities on border routes, sea routes, roads with border gates and airways.

In particular, it is necessary to strictly and resolutely handle acts of covering up, protecting, and assisting in commercial fraud and smuggling activities, and to increase propaganda to people and businesses about the harmful effects of violations. "People need to say no to fraudulent goods, this is an effective measure in the fight against smuggling, counterfeit goods, and fake goods in the coming time," Mr. Do Hong Chung emphasized.

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