VOV.VN - Customs authorities have uncovered and handled a total of 6,453 smuggling cases during the first five months of the year, with the estimated value of seized goods reaching VND11.2 trillion, according to the Department of Customs under the Ministry of Finance.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just issued another official dispatch requesting continued efforts to intensify the peak crackdown campaign to combat and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringements on intellectual property rights.
Authorities launched legal proceedings on 36 cases involving 119 individuals for offenses such as smuggling, trade fraud, production and sale of counterfeit goods, and false advertising across 24 localities from May 15 to June 3.
VOV.VN - The Police Investigation Agency of Kien Giang province have decided to prosecute and detain four Vietnamese nationals involved in illegal transport of combine harvesters from Cambodia to Vietnam, said local police on May 30.
Tackling counterfeit goods in the health sector requires determined and stringent action, with no exceptions or protected areas, said Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 signed an official dispatch, ordering a vigorous nationwide crackdown on smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property violations.
VOV.VN - Border guards in Vietnam’s central Quang Tri province have launched criminal proceedings against a Lao national for illegal possession of a large quantity of drugs in the border town of Lao Bao, near Vietnam – Laos border.
VOV.VN - The Investigation Security Agency of Lang Son provincial police on February 17 announced the temporary detention of To Minh Hieu (born 1997), residing in Dong Dang town, Cao Loc district, Lang Son province, for organizing illegal border crossings for others.
The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency on December 27 prosecuted two cases and launched legal proceedings against 19 suspects for allegedly involving in smuggling tonnes of gold from Cambodia and China to Vietnam.
Ten people have been arrested and more than 200kg of drugs seized after police busted a gang smuggling narcotics from Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam.