The products violated BPOM Regulation No. 18/2024 on cosmetic labelling, promotion, and advertising as they were marketed with claims which are sensational, lack scientific basis, mislead consumers, and breach public decency standards.
Visitors to the festival can explore a wide range of handmade products - from Batik fabrics and embroidered textiles to traditional accessories, cosmetics, and jewelry crafted from local materials and Kalimantan forest stones.
More than 150 Indian firms operating in different spheres in India attended a trade promotion programme held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade in New Delhi on July 18.
Stores in Ho Chi Minh City have introduced a wide range of products for International Women’s Day (March 8) and are offering promotions to attract buyers.
Thailand will ban the import, production and sale of beauty products containing plastic microbeads, effective from Januar 1, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health announced on December 24.
Vietnam’s food processing and packaging industry has expanded by 15-20 percent annually over the past several years and is likely to grow further in the coming years, according to the Association of Vietnam Retailers (AVR).
A total of 150 Vietnamese businesses and 250 others from Thailand are displaying their products at an exhibition that opened in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on May 31.
Online shopping has increased significantly in Vietnam, especially by young consumers, according to the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association.
More than 120 bioproducts in cosmetics, functional food, medical equipment and environment made in the Republic of Korea (RoK) are being introduced to Vietnamese consumers at an exhibition that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.
Cambodian police have confiscated over 30 tonnes of counterfeit cosmetic products in a raid in Phnom Penh last week, the Counter Counterfeit Committee said on May 30.
High levels of mercury were detected in the "Royal Expert” whitening cream, announced Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in a press release on May 22.
There are significant opportunities for Vietnamese firms to invest in the beauty sector in Cambodia and Myanmar as well as export beauty products to the two markets, participants at an Ho Chi Minh City conference said on May 18.
The domestic cosmetics market has never been as vibrant as it is at present, with Vietnam having joined various free trade agreements which slash import tariffs on cosmetics to 0 – 5 percent.
