Fake goods and knock-offs are posing serious risks to public health and causing enormous economic damage, and drastic solutions and coordinated efforts are required from authorities, businesses and consumers to combat them, a seminar heard in HCM City on June 11.
With over two billion daily users, Facebook offers vast potential for creators, but it also faces growing misuse through spammy tactics and fake engagement.
The scammers have d fake ''development funds'' for trade, services, healthcare and technology, calling for investments and promising returns in minutes, in order to steal people''s money.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) discovered 68 more websites impersonating the brands of agencies and organisations in order to scam users last month.
Several companies were alleged to buy uncertified vegetables at wholesale markets, label them with VietGap stickers, then supply supermarkets and safe-food store chains.
The disruption of fertiliser supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to mounting counterfeit fertilisers in the past two years, exposing the need to tighten up the market.
About 30,000 e-commerce stores were taken down in the first nine months of this year due to trade fraud, counterfeit and contraband goods, and the scale of the problem is looking daunting.
Fake and low-quality goods and knock-offs are increasing relentlessly in HCM City and can only be prevented through combined efforts by both authorities and businesses, a seminar heard on Wednesday.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has asked market surveillance to promote its role and functions to fight smuggling, trade fraud and fake commodities.