Imported goods are not labeled with Vietnamese labels, goods show signs of imitation of famous brands, the origin of which is unknown but are still freely displayed for sale. Those are the observations of reporters at a number of business locations in Vinh Phuc province.
LTS: The directions of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the General Department of Market Management in the fight against smuggling, trading in smuggled goods, banned goods, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods have been continuously approved. Deployed locally, to maximize the protection of consumer rights as well as genuine business people.
However, in some localities, the trade of counterfeit goods and goods of unknown origin still exists. This problem has been bringing significant negative impacts to society, not only directly affecting consumers’ health and finances, but also reducing consumers’ trust in transparency. commodity market transparency.
Reporter (PV) Brand and Public Opinion Magazine surveyed a number of business locations in Vinh Phuc province. And, it is not difficult to encounter violations of supermarkets and stores in areas from small towns to large cities in the area that are openly selling goods of unknown origin. origin, as well as violations of product labeling at locations where PV is present.
Part 1: Many goods of unknown origin in Phuc Yen, do the authorities know?
Phuc Yen city stretches 24 km along the north – south axis, located in the southeast of Vinh Phuc province; The East borders Soc Son district and Me Linh district, Hanoi city; The West borders Binh Xuyen district, Vinh Phuc province; The South borders Me Linh district, Hanoi city; The North borders Pho Yen district, Thai Nguyen province; 30 km from the center of Hanoi capital, 8 km from Noi Bai International Airport. There is a large concentration of people living here, along with the demand for shopping and consuming goods of local people is quite high.
Sources said that some stores in Phuc Yen city openly sell imported goods in violation of regulations on labels and goods trading. Reporter of Brand and Public Opinion Magazine has surveyed and noted that the above reflections are completely well-founded.
Hanh Nhat imported goods supermarket – Dong Xuan, Phuc Yen sells some infringing goods
As a buyer, the reporter was present at Hanh Nhat imported goods supermarket located at 569 Truong Chinh Street, Dong Xuan, Phuc Yen to record the reality. This is a large supermarket located near Dai Lai Lake resort. This place specializes in providing imported goods to serve tourists and local people, every day hundreds of visitors come in and out to visit and shop. However, through the reporter’s observations, many imported products here are not labeled with Vietnamese labels, and their origin is unknown.
Specifically, at the confectionery counter, many imported confectionery items clearly state on the packaging that these products come from China, Korea, Japan, England, Russia,… the selling price of these products is from a few tens to a few hundred thousand per product. But many of these products are not labeled in Vietnamese, and it is unclear who is responsible for the products in the Vietnamese market.
Continuing to move to cosmetics and products serving women, the reporter also noted a similar situation. Here, the owner of this supermarket sells many imported products, with packaging printed with Chinese and Japanese characters, but does not see any information related to the products or importers in Vietnamese. .
Continuing to move to the beer and beverage counter, the reporter noticed that the owner of this supermarket had cleverly displayed these imported products in a solemn manner, placed right in the aisle. It is also noted that the situation is similar to the products at the confectionery counter, on the products there are no additional Vietnamese labels in accordance with the law, and no import labels issued by the competent unit.
Import stamping for beer products (alcohol content > 5%), imported wine is necessary and mandatory, because the alcohol electronic stamp has a QRCode printed on it so that consumers can use technological means. to scan, look up, and authenticate information such as: Stamp type name, sample number symbol, stamp symbol; Name and tax code of the unit producing alcohol and beer products; Name of tax agency selling electronic stamps.
From the above records, questions can be raised about the origin of imported beer products being sold here. Because, intentionally displaying and selling imported beer products without labels issued by customs units is a major violation of legal regulations for imported beer and alcohol products.
Are these products officially imported, or are they real quality products? Those are also the doubts that the reporter received from many customers when shopping at Hanh Nhat imported goods supermarket.
Goods on sale at Vinh Dao Mart supermarket
Leaving Hanh Nhat imported goods supermarket, the reporter was present at Vinh Dao Mart supermarket located on Truong Chinh, Dong Xuan, Phuc Yen streets and also noted the same situation.
At this supermarket, thousands of diverse products from imported to domestic products are displayed for sale. However, through observation, many imported products are not labeled with Vietnamese labels, showing signs of unknown origin.
Specifically, at the children’s clothing and footwear counter, the imported products here are mainly labeled with Chinese characters and do not have any information about the importer of the goods in the Vietnamese market. Notably, some products still have “blank” information.
Continuing to move to the cosmetics counter, PV also noted a similar situation, hundreds of imported products without Vietnamese side labels were being sold openly as if there had never been any intervention from the authorities. .
Right at the toy booth, the products showed signs of being imported because the packaging was all printed in Chinese and there was no information in Vietnamese indicating the importer of the above products. It is worth mentioning that children’s toy products are being controlled very strictly by the authorities, because according to Vietnam Regulations No. 3:2019/BKHCN clearly stating that children’s toys are within the scope of of Technical Regulations must declare conformity in accordance with the technical regulations in Section 2 of this technical regulation, affix the conformity mark (CR mark) and label the goods before circulating on the market.
For imported children’s toys, registration for state inspection of the quality of imported goods must be carried out according to the provisions of Circular 27/2012/TT-BKHCN regulating state inspection of the quality of imported goods. Export is under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Circular No. 07/2017/TT-BKHCN amends and supplements a number of articles of Circular No. 27/2012/TT-BKHCN.
The above notes will be sent to the Department of Market Management of Vinh Phuc province, as well as relevant authorities to inspect and clarify violations (if any). In the next article, Brand and Public Opinion would like to continue to reflect to readers other locations related to the situation of counterfeit goods, counterfeit goods and goods of unknown origin in this locality. Along with that is information related to market control activities of the local market management force immediately after the latest information is available.
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