Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) plans topublish a list of e-commerce websites and mobile applications that violate lawsand regulations on online trading.
The details of individuals and organisations whoown the websites in question will also be published.
Dang Hoang Hai, Directorof the ministry’s Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency(Vecita), said there were new forms of online business, as well as rapidlyincreasing use of social networks, over the past few years.
This was the reason theministry is building a draft decree on management of e-commerce website andmobile apps to reduce shortcomings in the management of the new online businessforms.
Hai said the currentDecree 52/2013/ND-CP stipulated regulations relating to e-commercetransactions. However, reports from the Departments of Industry and Tradeshowed that the decree has a number of shortcomings. The draft decree wouldrequire e-commerce websites to register with the ministry.
The websites are those partially or whollyserving the following activities: purchasing and selling of goods or provisionof services; displaying and introducing goods or services to contractcommitment and service provision, and payment and after-sales service.
Therefore, almost all websites that sell andintroduce goods and provide services on the internet are e-commerce websites,which must be registered or notified to the ministry as prescribed by the law.
The draft decree alsostipulates that organisations and individuals using e-commerce websites andmobile apps are not allowed to trade in hunting rifles and shotguns, sportsweapons; cigarettes, cigars and other finished tobacco products; alcohol of allkinds; and rare wildlife. They have to remove the prohibited products fromtheir e-commerce websites.
In addition, owners ofthe e-commerce websites are required to have technical solutions to prevent andremove information relating to counterfeit goods, smuggled goods or productsand services violating intellectual property rights.-VNA
The details of individuals and organisations whoown the websites in question will also be published.
Dang Hoang Hai, Directorof the ministry’s Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency(Vecita), said there were new forms of online business, as well as rapidlyincreasing use of social networks, over the past few years.
This was the reason theministry is building a draft decree on management of e-commerce website andmobile apps to reduce shortcomings in the management of the new online businessforms.
Hai said the currentDecree 52/2013/ND-CP stipulated regulations relating to e-commercetransactions. However, reports from the Departments of Industry and Tradeshowed that the decree has a number of shortcomings. The draft decree wouldrequire e-commerce websites to register with the ministry.
The websites are those partially or whollyserving the following activities: purchasing and selling of goods or provisionof services; displaying and introducing goods or services to contractcommitment and service provision, and payment and after-sales service.
Therefore, almost all websites that sell andintroduce goods and provide services on the internet are e-commerce websites,which must be registered or notified to the ministry as prescribed by the law.
The draft decree alsostipulates that organisations and individuals using e-commerce websites andmobile apps are not allowed to trade in hunting rifles and shotguns, sportsweapons; cigarettes, cigars and other finished tobacco products; alcohol of allkinds; and rare wildlife. They have to remove the prohibited products fromtheir e-commerce websites.
In addition, owners ofthe e-commerce websites are required to have technical solutions to prevent andremove information relating to counterfeit goods, smuggled goods or productsand services violating intellectual property rights.-VNA
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