The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked units under their direction and the departments of industry and trade of provinces and cities to tighten the management of multi-level marketing activities in Việt Nam.
The legal framework for multi-level marketing business must be improved to better protect rights of consumers while creating a healthier market and not increasing costs for enterprises, experts said.
The Viet Nam Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (VCCA) has issued a warning about illegal multi-level businesses through investment in "AI Robots".
In the future, foreign investors who wish to register for multi-level marketing (MLM) activities in Viet Nam may need three consecutive years of experience in multi-level marketing in another country.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has made public for comments draft amendments to Decree No 40/2018/NĐ-CP about managing multi-level marketing business.
The Viet Nam Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (VCCA) has issued a warning over cashback apps which lack transparency and showed signs of illegal multi-level marketing.
After the authorities revoked working licenses of five multi-level marketing (MLM) firms last year, there are 23 firms of this type allowed to operate in the country.
The number of multi-level marketing businesses has halved to 37 by end of March, following Government crackdown over the past two years to ensure that they are operating correctly.
Viet Nam Competition Authority has revoked the licences of 14 multi-level marketing firms and forced 11 others to halt business until November, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has released a directive requiring
ministries and relevant agencies to tighten State management of
multi-level marketing (MLM) activities.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade will accelerate the completion of
management policies and documents to tighten multi-level marketing
regulations while limiting licensing for the activity, said minister
Tran Tuan Anh.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade''s Competitive Management
Department on July 21 announced a list of 16 multi-level marketing
companies without business licences.
Multi-level marketing companies have been discovered indulging in tax fraud worth several billion Vietnamese dong and the sale of fake goods, the Ministry of Industry and Trade''s Competitive Management Department said.