Nghe An steps up fight to prevent and repel smuggling and trade fraud

In particular, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phung Thanh Vinh assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to direct the Provincial Market Management Department - Standing Agency of the Provincial Steering Committee 389 to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to proactively implement; advise the Provincial People's Committee to implement Official Dispatch No. 72/CD-TTg dated May 24, 2025 of the Prime Minister and the direction of the Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on continuing to promote the peak of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights in accordance with regulations.

Previously, on May 24, 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh issued urgent dispatch No. 72/CD-TTg on continuing to step up the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.

In the telegram, the Prime Minister stated that in the past time, ministries, branches, localities, and functional forces have made great efforts in implementing the Prime Minister's directives, telegrams, and directions on combating smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods, including Telegram No. 65/CD-TTg dated May 15, 2025 on launching a peak period to fight against and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights. The peak period has initially detected, fought against, prevented, and handled many cases and violators in the production and trade of fake milk, medicine, and food, etc.

However, the situation of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property rights infringement is still very complicated.

To continue to strengthen the fight, prevent, repel and eventually end smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights; to protect the legitimate rights and interests of people and businesses. The Prime Minister requested the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations to continue to closely coordinate with ministries, branches and authorities at all levels in mobilizing businesses and people to actively and responsibly participate in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods to detect early, combat and prevent right from the grassroots, from the starting point.

The Prime Minister also requested that the Secretaries of Provincial and Municipal Party Committees directly under the Central Government continue to lead and direct Party committees at all levels and the entire political system in localities to participate in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods.

The Prime Minister also requested the Ministers of ministries, heads of ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to continue to launch and strengthen the direction of functional forces and units to step up the peak period of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights, continue to step up the peak period of attacks with more vigor, determination, and drasticness, and make more efforts; promptly detect and strictly handle violators; at the same time, strictly handle cadres, civil servants, and officers who show signs of moral degradation, corruption, negativity, protection, and abetting of law violators.

The Prime Minister assigned the Minister of Health to urgently submit to the Government amendments and supplements to Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP dated February 2, 2018 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Food Safety, to be completed in May 2025; to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to report to the Government to propose competent authorities to immediately handle a number of limitations and inadequacies of the Law on Food Safety according to the recommendations of ministries and branches, especially the recommendations of the Ministry of Public Security in Document No. 1977/BCA-C01 dated May 13, 2025, to be completed before June 5, 2025, ensuring submission to the National Assembly in June 2025.

The Prime Minister also requested press and media agencies to increase reporting on the dangers of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property rights infringement; promptly commend positive examples and good practices of ministries, branches, and localities; and criticize and condemn negative behaviors and lack of responsibility that lead to consequences.