Strengthen inspection and examination of livestream sales activities

The Prime Minister requested to strengthen inspection and examination of livestream sales activities. In case of detecting organizations or individuals selling goods with signs of violating the law, they must transfer them to competent authorities for handling.

Strengthen inspection and examination of livestream sales activities In Vietnam, e-commerce and digital business activities have developed but still pose many potential risks.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Finance to strengthen inspection and examination of livestream sales activities. In case of detecting organizations or individuals selling goods or receiving commissions from advertising or selling goods with signs of violating the law, they must transfer them to competent authorities for handling in accordance with the law.

This is a content in Official Dispatch No. 56/CD-TTg that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed on June 6, 2024, requesting ministries, branches and localities to continue to strengthen state management in the field of e-commerce and business on digital platforms.

Telegrams sent to the Ministers of Industry and Trade, Finance, National Defense, Public Security, Information and Communications; Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.

The telegram stated that in recent years, e-commerce has been developing strongly, becoming a major trend in global trade.

In Vietnam, e-commerce and digital business activities have also developed positively, becoming an important distribution channel to support businesses in consuming products, meeting people's needs and contributing to the development of financial services and electronic payment services.

The Government and the Prime Minister have issued many directives to develop e-commerce, improve the effectiveness of management, supervision, protection of consumer rights and tax management in e-commerce activities.

However, the rapid development of e-commerce and digital business also poses challenges to the management, supervision, and protection of consumer rights in the face of counterfeit and poor quality goods, violations of intellectual property rights, violations of laws on consumer rights protection, and tax collection management...

Improving the effectiveness of state management in the field of e-commerce

To continue to promote and further enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of state management in the field of e-commerce and business activities on digital platforms, the Prime Minister requested the Minister of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to continue reviewing current legal documents to promptly propose amendments, supplements and improvements to legal policies on e-commerce management.

Urgently complete and submit to the Government the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 98/2020/ND-CP regulating administrative sanctions for violations in commercial activities, production and trading of counterfeit and banned goods and protection of consumer rights (amended and supplemented in Decree No. 17/20222/ND-CP dated January 31, 2022) before June 15, 2024 to strengthen sanctions for violations in storing and providing information for e-commerce entities; summarize and evaluate the implementation of the National E-commerce Development Master Plan for the 2021-2025 period, on that basis, research, develop and submit to competent authorities for consideration and approval of the Plan for the next period.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade continues to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in detecting and handling violations in e-commerce activities according to the law for enterprises, business households and individuals who do not declare and pay taxes according to regulations.

Content creators help farmers sell longan and OCOP agricultural products on Tiktok.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to promote propaganda, dissemination and guidance for businesses to improve their sense of law compliance and consumer protection in cyberspace; strengthen warnings and guidance for consumers through e-commerce; inspect and handle acts of smuggling, trade fraud, trading in counterfeit goods, goods violating intellectual property rights and unfair competition in e-commerce.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade presides over, coordinates, and guides localities in organizing and implementing programs and projects to support businesses in applying e-commerce to improve production and business efficiency and enhance competitiveness.

Building a tax management database for e-commerce

The Minister of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to continue researching and reviewing the reduction of administrative procedures, facilitating taxpayers in declaring and paying taxes; optimizing customs clearance procedures for imported and exported goods via e-commerce; ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of tax obligations, strengthening the implementation of tax collection solutions, preventing tax losses, and strictly handling tax and customs violations in e-commerce activities.

The Ministry of Finance shall strengthen propaganda and support organizations and individuals doing e-commerce business domestically and cross-border to register, declare and pay taxes according to regulations.

The Ministry of Finance builds a tax management database for e-commerce, applies modern technologies and risk management methods to e-commerce activities and digital business; gradually strictly controls input invoices to ensure tax declaration and payment in accordance with the law by enterprises, organizations and individuals from production to circulation, from import to sales; strengthens information exchange, connection and data sharing with relevant ministries and agencies.

The Ministry of Finance shall strengthen inspection and examination of livestream sales activities. In case of detecting organizations or individuals selling goods or receiving commissions from advertising or selling goods with signs of violating the law, they shall transfer them to competent authorities for handling in accordance with the provisions of law.

The Ministry of Finance closely coordinates with the Ministry of Public Security in implementing Decision No. 06/QD-TTg dated January 6, 2022 of the Prime Minister approving the Project on developing applications of population data, identification and electronic authentication to serve national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period, with a vision to 2030.

The Minister of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to promote the progress of connecting the National Population Database with databases and information systems of ministries, branches and localities to carry out electronic identification and authentication; synchronize population data with civil status, tax, banking data... to serve the identification and authentication of individuals and organizations to prevent fraud and tax evasion in e-commerce activities.

Research on building a mechanism to access and effectively exploit the Electronic Identification and Authentication System to serve state management of online business activities in each field.

The Ministry of Public Security directs functional units to strengthen the implementation of tasks to ensure economic security, security and order in electronic transactions and e-commerce activities; deploy preventive measures, combat and strictly handle violators according to the provisions of law.

Strengthen monitoring and management of transactions in the online environment

The Minister of Information and Communications shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to develop technological solutions to strengthen the monitoring and management of transactions in the online environment, combat commercial fraud, trade in counterfeit goods, counterfeit goods, goods that violate intellectual property rights, and protect consumer rights; coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in providing information and managing social network users with e-commerce activities.

The Ministry of Information and Communications coordinates with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies in developing legal documents to strengthen tax management for Internet service providers and cross-border digital content services and to be able to suspend and revoke operating licenses in the network environment for cases of tax law violations.

The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to strengthen inspection and supervision of electronic payment transactions in banking activities; improve the efficiency of management and operation of the Interbank Electronic Payment System, and support e-commerce transactions.

Supermarket staff receive online shopping calls from customers.

The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam directs credit institutions and payment intermediary service providers to provide information on foreign suppliers without fixed business establishments in Vietnam, organizations and individuals with income arising from cross-border platforms in accordance with the provisions of law and guidance from tax authorities.

The State Bank of Vietnam is responsible for building and developing a national e-commerce payment system and integrated e-payment utilities for widespread use in e-commerce models; establishing a mechanism to manage and monitor payment transactions to support tax management for cross-border service provision activities in e-commerce in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Tax Administration.

The Minister of National Defense directed functional units to strengthen state management measures to protect national sovereignty in cyberspace, combat high-tech crimes, contributing to ensuring national cyberspace security and safety; closely coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies in the work of preventing and combating smuggling and trade fraud in e-commerce activities.

Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, continue to resolutely, synchronously and effectively implement the tasks and solutions assigned in Decision No. 645/QD-TTg dated May 15, 2020 of the Prime Minister on approving the Master Plan for national e-commerce development for the 2021-2025 period; Directive No. 18/CT-TTg dated May 30, 2023 of the Prime Minister on promoting connection and data sharing to serve e-commerce development, combat tax losses, and ensure monetary security; Official Dispatch No. 889/CD-TTg dated October 1, 2022 of the Prime Minister on improving the efficiency of tax collection management for e-commerce activities, business on digital platforms, etc.; Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of e-commerce management to serve people and businesses, protect domestic production, facilitate trade activities, create a transparent and fair import-export environment, contribute to improving national competitiveness, prevent smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, poor quality goods and illegal transportation of goods across borders, ensure social order and safety; promptly propose and report to the Prime Minister on arising issues beyond authority.

The Prime Minister assigned Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai to directly direct the implementation, urge and handle difficulties in the process of implementing this Official Dispatch.

The Government Office, according to its assigned functions and tasks, monitors, urges, synthesizes the situation, and promptly reports to the Prime Minister on issues arising during the implementation of the Official Dispatch.

According to VNA

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