Issue telegram to rectify the abuse of promotions to sell poor quality goods

On the morning of November 28, the leader of Thanh Chuong District Police said that the unit is temporarily holding a shipment of goods from Dong Nai Household Electrical Communication Joint Stock Company (abbreviated as Dong Nai Household Electrical Company), coordinating with Market Management Team No. 7 (Nghe An Market Management Department) to clarify the act of selling fake, poor quality, and unknown origin goods.

Dong Nai Electrical Appliances Media Joint Stock Company organized a product introduction and sales event at the cultural house of hamlet 6, Thanh Huong commune on November 25, 2018. Photo: NH

Previously, on November 25, at the cultural house of Hamlet 6, Thanh Huong Commune, Thanh Chuong District, Dong Nai Household Electrical Appliances Company, during the process of introducing and promoting products, organized the sale of household appliances such as rice cookers, blenders, gas stoves, and pans to people. The form of this group of people was to give promotional gifts in the morning, and in the afternoon, they would sell these products at prices 4-5 times higher than the market price.

Realizing that the products were sold to people at high prices and that they were skeptical about the quality of the products, many people returned the goods and asked the company's employees to stay so that the authorities could clarify the matter.

The tense incident forced the Thanh Chuong District Police to be present to ensure security and order. The Thanh Huong Commune People's Committee then suspended the company's operations in the locality and invited the company's employees to the headquarters to work.

People return goods due to doubts about quality and price. Photo: NH

It is known that before coming to Thanh Huong commune, Dong Nai Household Electrical Company was introduced by the Department of Industry and Trade to localities to introduce and promote products.

In Thanh Chuong district, this company was also allowed by the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district to go to communes to introduce products, as shown in Official Dispatch No. 1550/UBND-KTHT dated January 26, 2018.

When arriving at Thanh Huong commune, this company was confirmed by Mr. Nguyen The Giap - Vice Chairman of Thanh Huong Commune People's Committee to agree to go to the hamlets to“commercial activities in the form of organizing promotional programs, consulting, introducing and distributing household products made in Vietnam”.

Regarding the incident that occurred in Hamlet 6, Thanh Huong Commune, Mr. Nguyen Huu Hien - Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee signed Official Dispatch No. 22/CD-UBND to rectify. The dispatch stated: "When Dong Nai Household Electrical Communication Joint Stock Company contacted the People's Committees of the communes to introduce the product, because the People's Committees of the communes did not study the content of the dispatch, they introduced it to the hamlets, taking advantage of the product introduction, the company used the form of promotion to sell fake, poor quality goods to the people, affecting the security and order situation in the area."

Telegram from Thanh Chuong District People's Committee requesting to rectify the situation of selling fake and poor quality goods. Photo: NH

To rectify the above activities, the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district requires the People's Committees of communes and towns, when discovering that Dong Nai Household Electrical Communication Joint Stock Company comes to contact to introduce products, to absolutely not introduce them to villages to organize sales and introduce products, and at the same time organize forces to regularly inspect, detect and handle promptly.

Thanh Chuong district also requires communes to organize propaganda so that people know not to buy fake products, poor quality products, and products of unknown origin.

It is known that the situation of companies asking for letters of introduction and then going to communes and hamlets to organize the sale of goods of unknown origin at prices higher than the market has been happening for many years in many localities, but the authorities and local governments have not taken measures to prevent and handle it thoroughly.