COVID-19: 30 medical equipment manufacturers fined
As many as 30 medical equipment manufacturers were fined nearly 65 million VND (2,800 USD) for violations in trading medical supplies serving the fight against the novel coronoavirus disease (COVID-19) on February 15.
Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 30 medical equipmentmanufacturers were fined nearly 65 million VND (2,800 USD) for violations in trading medical supplies serving the fight against the novel coronoavirus disease (COVID-19) on February 15.
As many as 228,000 medical masks with unclear origin were confiscated the same day, reported the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade’s General Department of Market Surveillance.
From January 31 to February 15, a total of 4,419 cases weredealt with nationwide.
On February 7, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung signedDecision 155/QĐ-BTC with articles allowing import tax exemption on medicalmasks, hand sanitiser, mask materials, disinfectant and protective clothing in an effort to fight the outbreak of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The groups of goods subject to the exemption include medicalmasks with international harmonised system (HS) codes of 6307.90.40 and6307.90.90, disinfectant gel or liquid hand sanitiser with HS code 3808.94.90,mask materials include non-woven fabrics and antibacterial filters; elasticbands with the regulated HS codes, disinfectants with HS codes of 3808.94.20and 3808.94.90, protective clothing including trousers, shirts, goggles,medical masks, helmets, gloves and shoes with HS code 6210.10.90.
The decision took effect from February 7, 2020 until the endof the COVID-19 outbreak./.
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