HCM City authorities have raided three Khaisilk shops for possible trade fraud following orders from the city People’s Committee. — Photo thanhnien.vn
HCM City authorities have raided three Khaisilk shops for possible trade fraud following orders from the city People’s Committee.
A Facebook post by a company last week that a Khaisilk shop at 113 Hang Gai Street, Ha Noi, had sold to it 60 Chinese silk products instead of Vietnamese ones was reported in the media, causing both central and city authorities to open investigations.
The company said further one of the scarves had two tags, one saying “Khaisilk Made in Viet Nam” and the other saying “Made in China.” But in the rest of the scarves the “Made in China” label had been removed.
On Tuesday afternoon, market watch officials from HCM City’s District 1 raided three Khaisilk shops on Dong Khoi and Ton Duc streets. They had been closed by the owner to “review their products”, the director of the city Industry and Trade Department, Pham Thanh Kien, had said earlier.
The raiding officials got them opened and after a three-hour check took away 10 boxes containing around 1,000 silk scarves, ties and t-shirts to their headquarters.
The head of HCM City’s Market Enforcement Sub-department, Phan Hoan Kiem, said the products are being checked to determine if Khaisilk is guilty of fraud.
It is licensed only to sell Vietnamese products and not to import. — VNS