Từ khóa: #smuggling

On May 25, the People's Court of HCMC commenced the first-instance trial of 26 defendants involved in a case of smuggling 1,287 containers of used equipment and machinery from abroad to Vietnam, with a total value exceeding VND217 billion.

Even though there are laws regarding counterfeit merchandise in Vietnam, it is true that no specific state agency is responsible for monitoring the trade of these items publicly, and thus salespeople are not properly handled. It is high time the Government imposed more serious sanctions to stop these illegal activities.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh yesterday chaired a national online meeting to summarize the task performance of the National Steering Committee on Fighting Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit Goods (the Steering Committee 389) in the first 6 months of 2022.

Taking advantage of the complicated situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, some people have sought ways to bring into Vietnam many Covid-19 prevention products of unknown origin and low quality, such as personal protective equipment, medical masks, Covid-19 treatment drugs, oxygen generators, Covid-19 test kits, hand sanitizer, and used medical gloves.

The Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday said that from the beginning of the year up to now, the agency has collaborated with the functional forces to detect and seize over 1,300 violated cases related to counterfeit goods and smuggling to collect over VND16 billion (US$702 million) for the National Budget. 

From December last year to mid-January this year, enterprises had imported about 100,000-110,000 porkers from Thailand to Vietnam for slaughtering to serve the year-end consumer demand, mainly through Lao Bao Border Gate in the Central province of Quang Tri.