Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged relevant agencies to take tougher measures to curb smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit, especially in the time running to the Lunar New Year.
Smuggling, counterfeit goods, and trade fraud became increasingly sophisticated in the first ten months of this year, according to Nguyen Van Can, Deputy Head of General Department of Vietnam Customs
Customs forces nationwide detected and handled nearly 11,500 cases of smuggling and trade fraud in the first seven months of this year, as heard at a press conference held in Hanoi on August 28.
The Department of Livestock will probe into whether US chicken thighs sold at 20,000 VND (0.92 USD) per kilogramme in Vietnam can be considered dumping and if there is trade fraud in this case.
Smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods are seriously damaging
the national economy and negatively affecting society, stated Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a teleconference on tobacco smuggling.
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