Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang requested ministries, branches and localities promote digital technology applications to combat smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in the context of strong e-commerce development.
Trade experts said that the number of cases was increasing and taking place in all markets from Africa, the Middle East, India to developed countries such as the US, the Netherlands, and Italy.
HCM City deputy chairwoman Phan Thị Thắng instructed the city Steering Committee 389 to step up inspections to prevent trade fraud and smuggling at a meeting last week.
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.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has asked agencies and organisations in all localities to strengthen the fight against corruption and trade fraud.
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.
Detailed regulations for labeling products as ‘Made in Viet Nam’ are needed to a legal framework preventing fraud as well as protecting local production and consumers.
More than 16,600 cases of smuggling and trade fraud have been uncovered this year, up 10 per cent against last year, the General Department of Viet Nam Customs reported.
Viet Nam is confronting challenges in the process of restructuring the public financial sector, Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan said during a forum on Thursday.
HCM City authorities are seeking more effective measures in the fight against counterfeit products, smuggled goods and trade fraud as e-commerce grows at a fast pace, an official has said.