The Government Office issued Notice No. 341 on the conclusion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the national online conference reviewing the work in the first 6 months of 2025 and summarizing the peak period of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.
Recently, a series of small traders at Ninh Hiep market have closed their stalls. (Photo: Minh Duc)
At the announcement, the Prime Minister highly appreciated ministries, branches and localities for their timely leadership and direction. Some localities have closely coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security and functional forces to resolutely detect and handle smuggling and trading of counterfeit and poor-quality goods (Ninh Hiep market, La Phu market, Saigon Square Trade Center, etc.).
In the first 6 months of the year, units and localities handled more than 50,000 violations, collected more than 6,500 billion VND for the State budget, and prosecuted more than 1,800 cases with more than 3,200 subjects. Typically, on June 19, the Ministry of Public Security initiated a case of counterfeit milk powder production in Hanoi .
During the peak period from May 15 to June 15, the police handled more than 10,400 violations, collected more than 1,200 billion VND for the state budget, and prosecuted more than 200 cases with 378 subjects.
However, through the report of the National Steering Committee 389, the opinions of ministries, branches, localities and functional agencies clearly show the shortcomings, limitations and inadequacies. One of the reasons pointed out by the Prime Minister is that the leadership and direction of local Party committees and authorities are not close; agencies, units and functional forces have not really paid much attention, so the work of combating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights still has many shortcomings, limitations, and signs of being neglected and lax for a long time.
" Recently discovered major incidents show that: One is due to loss of fighting spirit and bribery; Two is due to lack of responsibility, not daring to fight, not daring to confront the subjects. This must be strictly handled according to Party regulations and State laws, " the announcement stated.
The Prime Minister forecasts that in the coming time, the situation of illegal transportation of goods across the border, origin fraud, and foreign goods counterfeiting Vietnamese origin will continue to be complicated; there will still be many subjects trading in smuggled goods, producing and trading in counterfeit goods on an increasingly large scale; and the situation of intellectual property rights infringement will remain widespread.
Because we have been lax for a long time, we need to focus on leadership and direction with the goal of fighting, preventing, repelling and eliminating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.
The Prime Minister emphasized the goal of resolutely preventing, combating, stopping, repelling, and eventually ending and wiping out smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement, especially "declaring an uncompromising war" on counterfeit drugs and fake food to protect the health, lives, rights, and legitimate interests of the people and businesses.
According to the Prime Minister, the People must be the center of protection and the subject of the struggle, and the strength of the People must be mobilized to form a movement. Launch the movement "each citizen is a soldier on the front line against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights"; at the same time, "each citizen must be a smart consumer in the market".
The authorities must continuously deploy, regularly, without stopping, continuously with the spirit of "working day, night, working extra on days off" to promptly detect and strictly handle violators, with the motto "handling one case, warning the whole region, the whole field", "no forbidden zones, no exceptions".
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to preside over research on digital transformation applications, based on national data, ministries and branches to build codes for various types of goods, especially those related to drugs and food; focus on directing professional forces and local police to establish special projects, resolutely fight and strictly handle crimes, especially counterfeit drugs and fake food.
The Ministry of Public Security clarifies the responsibilities of relevant ministries, branches and localities for violations, reports and proposes handling according to regulations; promptly publicizes the results on mass media for general deterrence and prevention; coordinates with prosecution agencies to speed up the investigation, prosecution and trial of cases.
The Ministry of National Defense focuses on leading and directing the Border Guard and Coast Guard forces to coordinate with functional forces to patrol and control border areas, combat smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property rights infringement, and ensure order and safety in border areas on land and at sea.
The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Health to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and localities to step up inspection and control, promptly detect and strictly handle the trading and business of fake milk, fake drugs, smuggled drugs, fake pharmaceuticals, fake cosmetics and fake food with a spirit of no stopping and no stopping.
The study proposes to increase sanctions for administrative violations; launch the movement "People participate in responding to drug and food quality control"; absolutely do not allow fake drugs and poor quality drugs to be circulated and sold on the market or in hospitals.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment shall take the lead in strengthening inspection and strictly handling violations of veterinary laws (especially meat and slaughter), production and trading of fake fertilizers and fake pesticides.
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