Strengthening market inspection and management

At the end of the year, consumer demand increases, this is also the time when smuggling, trade fraud (BLGLTM), production and consumption of fake and poor quality goods are complicated, especially before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025. To protect the rights and health of consumers, the Provincial Market Management Department (QLTT) has proactively deployed a peak period of market inspection and control before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025 with many drastic and appropriate solutions.

Many positive results

In order to carry out its assigned tasks, in recent times, the Market Management Department has proactively coordinated with departments and localities to synchronously deploy measures to effectively combat and prevent the trade of banned goods, smuggled goods, counterfeit goods, intellectual property violations, and food safety violations... occurring in the area.

Cam Pha City Market Management Force strengthens market inspection and control at the end of the year.

Specifically, the Department has directed the Market Management Teams to proactively coordinate with sectors, localities, and units to do a good job of propaganda, dissemination and education of the law; mobilize organizations and individuals doing business in the area to sign a commitment to strictly comply with the provisions of the law in commercial business, not to trade, transport, or consume smuggled or prohibited goods. The content and forms are also deployed in a diverse and rich manner, suitable for each locality and target group, such as organizing concentrated and direct propaganda, propaganda through mass media, developing columns, reports, news articles, organizing commitment signing, etc. In 2024, the Provincial Market Management Department organized propaganda and dissemination of the law to 11,051 business organizations and individuals; mobilized 1,517 business organizations and individuals to sign a commitment to strictly comply with the provisions of the law on commercial business... Through propaganda work, businesses and business establishments understand their rights and responsibilities and raise awareness of law compliance in commercial business activities, helping consumers increase their understanding and feel secure when purchasing goods.

Along with propaganda work, the provincial Market Management force has also strengthened the management of the area, grasped the supply - demand situation, prices of essential consumer goods, controlled, prevented the emergence of complicated and prominent problems, promptly reported to have measures, plans, and plans to direct inspection, control, and effectively handle violations and signs. In particular, focusing on thematic inspection work such as: Organizing thematic inspections according to the plan on gold prices, gasoline prices, and prices of goods for construction and home repair after super typhoon Yagi... With drastic and appropriate solutions from the beginning of 2024 to present, the provincial Market Management Department has inspected, detected, and handled 950 cases with 965 subjects and 1,101 violations with a total amount of administrative fines, auctions, and destruction of violating goods of 26.93 billion VND.

Officers of Market Management Team No. 5 propagate and mobilize business households in Ha Long City to sign a commitment to strictly comply with regulations on commercial business.

Although there have been many measures to combat and prevent, the situation of smuggling and counterfeit goods in the province has still occurred recently, especially in cyberspace. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the e-commerce environment as borderless business, organizations and individuals can easily create and use many different accounts to conduct business on social networking platforms such as Zalo, Facebook, TikTok...; registering booths on e-commerce websites to do business, which poses a potential risk of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, intellectual property violations, goods of unknown origin, poor quality, and not ensuring food safety.

These actions make it difficult for the Market Management Force to verify locations, warehouses, etc. On the other hand, stall owners often do not have a fixed business location. In some cases, the goods are not available at the business location and the seller only orders from another sales address when the buyer requests. Some subjects have business locations and warehouses outside the province. Goods are scattered, small, hidden in many places, and even sold only through collaborators and intermediaries. This is causing many difficulties and challenges for the functional forces in Market Management work.

In Quang Ninh, recently, the market management force has continuously detected, fought and arrested a series of violations. Many cases of using social networks to trade in smuggled goods and goods violating intellectual property rights have been transferred to the investigation agency for further investigation, verification and handling according to the provisions of law. Especially at the end of the year, when consumers' shopping is at its peak, taking advantage of e-commerce platforms and express delivery services, subjects will step up violations of trading in counterfeit goods, goods violating intellectual property rights, goods of unknown origin, etc.

Strengthen inspection and control

Market Management Team No. 8 supervises the sale of gasoline at a gas station in Tien Yen district.

Currently, organizations and individuals are preparing goods in large quantities to serve the Lunar New Year 2025. According to the experience of the Market Management Force, in previous years, the circulation of goods near Tet will certainly increase, along with that, violations of counterfeit and poor quality goods are forecasted to have complicated developments. In particular, due to the impact of the recent storm No. 3, which caused a lot of damage to infrastructure, the demand for construction materials to repair works and houses of people has increased sharply. Especially in the last months of this year, when the demand for construction materials to repair houses to welcome the Lunar New Year 2025 will increase, it is forecasted that these items will have the potential risk of complicated developments, if not well controlled.

To maintain market stability, protect consumer rights, and legitimate businesses, closely follow the directives of the Central Government and the province, focusing on Plan No. 13/KH-TCQLTT dated October 22, 2024 on the peak period against commercial fraud and counterfeit goods in the last months of 2024; before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025 of the General Department of Market Management, the Market Management Department of Quang Ninh province issued Plan No. 1004/KH-QLTTQN on implementing the peak period against commercial fraud and counterfeit goods in the last months of 2024; before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025. In particular, the Department has directed the Market Management Teams to strengthen reconnaissance work, grasp the areas, subjects, and key products to develop plans and solutions to stabilize the market.

Inspection and control will be focused on areas with high consumption: Ha Long City, Cam Pha, Mong Cai... In particular, the Market Management force will focus on checking compliance with legal regulations on goods quality management, quality standards, technical regulations for food, fertilizers, gasoline, household electrical appliances, consumer goods. Along with that, focus on inspecting, controlling the market and strictly handling administrative violations for goods with high consumption demand at the end of the year and Lunar New Year such as firecrackers, fireworks of all kinds, cigarettes, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, alcohol, beer, soft drinks, food, electronics, refrigeration, clothing, shoes, livestock, poultry, livestock and poultry products...

Market management forces inspected the business and online sales point of Tiktok shop Huong Anh, located in Hong Hai ward, Ha Long city.

The provincial Market Management Department will also strengthen coordination and control of goods traded in online environments such as e-commerce platforms, websites, social networks such as Facebook, TikTok, Zalo; check the quality, origin, and source of goods, compliance with legal regulations on national technical standards and regulations and announcement of product quality standards, food safety... Thereby, resolutely and strictly handle violations.

The unit will also continue to closely coordinate with relevant sectors and forces such as: Police, Customs, Border Guard... to regularly review and inspect the circulation stage, especially goods transported from the border to the inland (both on land and sea routes), warehouses, wharves, goods gathering points, commercial centers, supermarkets, wholesale markets, food production and trading establishments; resolutely and strictly handle businesses that have signed a commitment to violate... The provincial Market Management Department will also strengthen coordination with news agencies, newspapers, and media to report on inspection and handling of violations during peak periods.

According to the leaders of the Provincial Market Management Department, in order to maintain market stability at the end of the year and build a civilized trade in the province, in addition to the participation of all levels and functional sectors, the responsibility of the people is also very important. Therefore, each person should form the habit of shopping and consuming goods from businesses with clear addresses and reputations in the market, only buying goods and products with full labels and expiry dates; should not buy floating goods, without labels or origins, especially food products with high consumption demand during Tet. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to fully and accurately reporting to the Market Management Department and functional agencies about businesses and business establishments with violations for timely inspection and strict handling.

The Market Management Department currently has over 150 officers and employees in 11 Market Management teams and specialized departments. In order to effectively carry out its assigned tasks, in recent times, the Provincial Market Management Department has implemented many synchronous solutions, including strengthening training, fostering, and improving professional capacity in preventing and handling violations, especially violations in the network environment for the unit's staff.

The training and education target are young inspectors, the core force in implementing tasks related to the field of e-commerce. The content focuses on communicating and sharing practical experiences in handling typical violations; discussing in-depth solutions to effectively implement the inspection and handling of administrative violations in the field of e-commerce.

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