Cat Tuong apologizes for false advertising, public opinion demands permanent ban

Temporarily banning or even permanently banning artists who advertise falsely and cause damage to the community. The above opinions believe that if applied, it will "deter" artists from taking advantage of their personal images to advertise regardless of the product's danger to the health of the community.

Artists advertise "miracle drugs", advertise vibrating devices to reduce belly fat, diabetes medicine... When the truth is exposed by the press, artists keep quiet as if they are not involved, and those who cannot "hide" at most apologize.

Recently, actress Cat Tuong apologized: "I want to admit responsibility for my mistakes for the only time, hoping the public will give me a chance to correct my mistakes."

Many artists have apologized for false advertising, such as Hong Van and Quyen Linh. Apologies are good, but there are times when an apology, no matter how sincere, cannot resolve the consequences of wrongdoing.

For example, if people believe in the artist's advertisement and take all kinds of "medications" and health supplements, affecting their health and "losing both money and health", can that apology compensate for the damage to the victim?

Public opinion condemns artists who advertise products falsely, and proposes a permanent ban, but handling violations must be based on legal regulations. The law is not emotional, and does not deal with public opinion but with the law.

Therefore, to correct false advertising, we must apply the provisions of the law, not be lenient or lenient with anyone.

Vietnam has legal documents regulating this behavior, namely Decree 38/2021/ND-CP "Regulations on administrative sanctions for violations in the field of culture and advertising".

Specifically, for acts of advertising incorrectly or causing confusion about the business capacity, ability to provide products, goods, services of organizations and individuals trading in products, goods, services... will be fined up to 80,000,000 VND.

False advertising can be criminally prosecuted under Article 197 of the Penal Code: "Anyone who falsely advertises goods or services, has been administratively sanctioned for this act or has been convicted of this crime, has not had his/her criminal record expunged, and continues to violate, shall be subject to a fine of VND 10,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 or to non-custodial reform for up to 03 years."

This is the law, let's just punish them and see if anyone dares to advertise falsely.

We have laws, we have laws, but we do not handle violations according to the law. If the law is not strict, artists will continue to advertise falsely. If unfortunately it is exposed, they will apologize and everything will be the same.

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