On March 28, the interdisciplinary delegation of the City People's Committee. Mong Cai suddenly inspected stores specializing in serving Chinese customers in the area.

When checked in the afternoon of the same day, these stores did not see any customers even though in the morning they were bustling with people coming in and out.

For example, local authorities inspected the Ocean International store (No. 31, Hoa Binh Avenue, Area 3, Tran Phu Ward, Mong Cai City) and discovered a series of violations.

Ocean International Store in the morning is very crowded with Chinese customers. Photo P. Cong
But in the afternoon, when the authorities checked, there was not a single person inside. Photo P. Cong

Here is like a mini supermarket selling many types of goods, from pharmaceuticals and jewelry to groceries and confectionery.

At the time of inspection, the store representative could not present the work permits of 10 Chinese people working here, lacked fire safety certificates, had unclear prices, and displayed many types of products. Goods of unknown origin. 

With the above violations, the interdisciplinary delegation of the City People's Committee. Mong Cai has agreed to stop operations at the above sales facility until all conditions are met.

Authorities checked items inside the store
At the time of the interdisciplinary team's inspection, the airline representative presented the work permits of the Chinese people. Photo: P. Cong

In addition, the city's interdisciplinary inspection team. Mong Cai continues to detect many violations of other facilities, specializing in serving Chinese elderly people in Hai Hoa and Tran Phu wards.

At these stores, similar violations occurred at the Ocean International store and all operations were stopped.

In recent days, at Mong Cai International Border Gate (Mong Cai City), Chinese tourists have lined up tightly waiting to complete entry procedures into Vietnam. According to the Mong Cai International Border Gate Management Board, every day nearly 10.000 Chinese tourists complete entry procedures.

These are mostly elderly Chinese tourists traveling on a 0 dong tour. These people, after visiting the city. In Mong Cai, they were taken to stores around the border gate area to shop.