D-nee, Tauau, and children's laundry detergents were counterfeited in Hung Yen.
HV Investment, Trade and Service Company Limited mass-produced counterfeit cleaning products under the brands D-nee, Hygiene, Tauau on a large scale.
The People's Committee of Hung Yen province has imposed an administrative fine of VND180 million on HV Investment, Trade and Service Company Limited for producing counterfeit goods of famous brands such as D-nee, Hygiene and Tauau.
According to information from the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development on July 17, the incident was discovered during the peak campaign against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods under the direction of the Prime Minister.
Through investigation, the authorities determined that Mr. LNT - Director of HV Company used his knowledge and formula to organize the mass production of cleaning products with famous brands but were not genuine.
To legitimize the fake products, Mr. T bought real product samples to study the ingredients, designs, and labels, then mixed them with chemicals and flavors in his own workshop. In particular, the packaging, bags, cartons, and labels were all printed exactly like the real ones to deceive consumers.
The amount of evidence seized at the scene was very large, including hundreds of cans of dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, fabric softener and thousands of fake packaging and labels of the D-nee and Tauau brands. All of these goods were packaged, had fake stamps, printed with foreign information, and barcodes similar to genuine goods on the market.
The incident was discovered on May 17, 2024 when Team 3 - Economic Police Department of Hung Yen Provincial Police coordinated with Market Management Team No. 5 to suddenly inspect the production warehouse and storage warehouse of HV Company in An Thi district and Yen My district.
Realizing that the case had signs of criminality, the case file and all evidence were transferred to the Investigation Police Department of Hung Yen Provincial Police.
On September 24, 2024, the investigation agency issued a decision to prosecute the criminal case for the act of "Production of counterfeit goods" under Clause 3, Article 192 of the Penal Code, and at the same time prosecuted Mr. LNT and Mr. NVL (born in 1993, residing in Hai Duong province).
Because some exhibits in the case did not have sufficient grounds for criminal prosecution, on May 19, 2025, the Investigation Police Agency transferred all related documents and exhibits to the Market Management Department of Hung Yen province for handling according to administrative regulations.
On June 19, 2025, the People's Committee of Hung Yen province officially issued Decision No. 1374/QD-XPHC on administrative sanctions, fining HV Company VND 180 million for the act of producing counterfeit goods labels and packaging.
At the same time, all exhibits must be destroyed according to the provisions of Point a, Clause 4, Article 12 of Decree 98/2020/ND-CP, as amended by Decree 17/2022/ND-CP.
On June 20, 2025, the Mobile Market Management Team implemented the penalty decision, invited Mr. LNT to work and directly delivered the decision, requesting him to destroy all infringing exhibits.
This is one of the serious cases discovered and handled by the Hung Yen Market Management force during the peak period of the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.
