Ho Chi Minh City works to prevent goods smuggling

Ho Chi Minh City’s market management force has inspected 68 business and goods-contribution units since the beginning of May, seizing over 8,370 smuggled cigarette packets and 11 motorcycles.
Ho Chi Minh City’s market management force has inspected 68 businessand goods-contribution units since the beginning of May, seizing over8,370 smuggled cigarette packets and 11 motorcycles.

Accordingly,a large number of outlets trading cigarettes without businessregistration certificates and regular documents and those with illicitlytransported and traded cigarettes were discovered.

The forcereportedly checked 36 enterprises and business establishments trading inimported goods without invoices, seizing over 9,100 units of products,mainly toys, bags, cell phones, textiles and motorcycle parts.

In Ben Thanh, Tan Binh and Binh Tay markets and a number of maintransport routes, the force uncovered 8 cases of smuggled cosmetics,seizing 5,500 units of products.

Nguyen Van Bach, Deputy GeneralDirector of the municipal Market Management Department, said his agencywill intensify inspections while implementing appropriate measures toswiftly detect smuggling.

As part of the city’sefforts to prevent smuggling, trade fraud and fake goods business,controls along transport routes throughout the city will receiveincreased attention, Bach stressed.-VNA

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