Several companies associated with property developer Vạn Thịnh Phát, whose chairwoman is currently facing trial for financial fraud, have been fined for fraud related to bond issuance and trading worth trillions of Vietnamese đồng.
Deputies questioned Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Nguyễn Hồng Diên on the second day of the questioning and answering session at the National Assembly, on November 7.
The Ministry of Construction’s Inspectorate has completed inspections for five localities and found several violations related to the management and use of maintenance fees for condominiums.
Data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade showed that cases of consumer rights violations increased rapidly in both quantity and severity, with about 1,500 cases per year in the 2016-2020 period.
Ha Noi authorities have requested the Department of Natural Resources and Environment strictly handle the bulldozing of hills and mountains and levelling of ponds, rivers and streams to sell land.
Although market regulators detect many violations on the stock market, the penalties are often not proportionate to the profit, and so are of little deterrent to would-be rule-breakers.
There are more and more violations in e-commerce activities, with counterfeit goods, contraband goods and those infringing intellectual property rights all problems, experts have said.
General Director of Customs Nguyen Van Can said Asanzo Vietnam Electronics JSC had demonstrated numerous signs of violations during a press conference with relevant ministries and agencies on the case in Ha Noi on Monday.
The General Department of Customs has required the customs departments of provinces and cities to intensify inspections to fight origin-related fraud, violations of intellectual property (IP) rights and illegal transport of import and export goods.
The Tax Department of HCM City has decided to suspend its decision to collect VND3.14 trillion from Sai Gon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation for the company’s special sales violations tax.
Authorities in HCM City have been monitoring food safety violations more closely but challenges remain, including finding more suppliers of clean, high-quality products.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s HCM City Market Surveillance Agency found 70 shops of the Con Cung Co Ltd to have violations relating to product origin, Nguyen Van Bach, deputy director of the agency, said on Tuesday.