PM requests stronger crackdown on smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods
The Government leader highlighted in the document that despite initial progress in efforts against the illegal practices, with the detection and disruption of multiple operations involving counterfeit milk, pharmaceuticals, and food items, the situation remains extremely complicated.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered a vigorous nationwide crackdown on smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property violations. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 signed an official dispatch, ordering a vigorous nationwide crackdown on smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property violations.
The Government leader highlighted in the document that despite initial progress in efforts against the illegal practices, with the detection and disruption of multiple operations involving counterfeit milk, pharmaceuticals, and food items, the situation remains extremely complicated.
He called on the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and its member organisations to strengthen coordination with ministries, sectors, and administrations at all levels to engage businesses and people in the anti-smuggling campaign to detect and prevent violations at the grassroots level.
Secretaries of the municipal and provincial Party Committees are urged to continue leading and directing party committees and the entire political system at local levels to participate in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods.
The PM mandates ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and Chairpersons of provincial and municipal People's Committees to launch and increase guidance for competent forces and units. They are tasked with intensifying the ongoing crackdown with greater determination and efforts.
Strict punishment must be given to any violators as well as officials, civil servants, and officers showing signs of moral degradation, corruption, negativity, or complicity with lawbreakers.
The Ministry of Health is responsible for completing the amendments and supplements to the Government Decree No.15/2018/ND-CP detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Food Safety in May. The ministry must also coordinate with relevant agencies to report to the Government and propose competent authorities to address limitations of the law as recommended by various ministries. This work must be completed before June 5, to ensure submission to the National Assembly in the month.
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According to investigators, the couple had been producing and selling fake goods since 2020, with products reaching drugstores and hospitals nationwide.
Counterfeit products are being sold widely on social media, with reports of price manipulation, hoarding, and illegal mark-ups, PM Chinh noted, emphasising that these activities negatively impact public health, people's trust, security and order, and lead to significant revenue losses, further disrupting many aspects of social life.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 8 urged ministries, sectors, and localities to enhance the use of digital technology to promptly detect and address smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in the context of the rapid development of e-commerce.
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