Customs seizes and handles more than 5,200 violations in 4 months

According to the Customs Department, the situation of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and illegal transportation of goods has recently become complicated.

MDMA drugs hidden inside plastic boxes labeled as functional foods, discovered by customs forces. Photo: CHQ

Sea routes still account for 52.8% of violations detected, arrested and handled. Goods are mainly concentrated through important seaports such as Dinh Vu, Nam Hai Dinh Vu, Tan Vu, VIP Green, Cat Lai, ICD Phuoc Long, Hiep Phuoc, Vict, Cai Mep... The subjects mainly declare incorrect names, types, quality, value, product codes, and origins.

Illegal transportation of drugs, currency, and gold across the border has shown signs of increasing via air. Subjects take advantage of the open policies, the development of e-commerce, express delivery methods, and consignment services to smuggle, commit commercial fraud, and illegally transport goods.

On the road, illegal trading and transportation of firecrackers and white sugar continues in the Central provinces.

The buying, selling and transporting of goods without invoices or documents proving their origin is still complicated, especially for frozen food, consumer goods, cigarettes and tobacco leaves in the border areas of Vietnam - China and Vietnam - Cambodia.

In April 2025, the number of violations detected, arrested and handled was 1,330 cases, the value of infringing goods was estimated at 1,867 billion VND, down 73 cases (down 5.2%). State budget revenue reached 65.86 billion VND. The number of criminal cases decreased sharply, there were no cases prosecuted, the number of cases transferred for prosecution decreased from 15 cases to 12 cases (down 20%) compared to the same period last year.

In the first 4 months of 2025, the number of violations detected, arrested and handled was 5,206 cases, the value of infringing goods was estimated at 10,331 billion VND. The state budget revenue reached approximately 347.16 billion VND. The number of cases transferred for prosecution was 34.

Regarding drug prevention and control, in the past 4 months, the Customs sector has presided over and coordinated with the police and border guards to detect and arrest 64 cases/74 subjects.

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State budget revenue from import and export activities in April 2025 reached VND 39,732 billion, down 0.6% compared to the previous month; accumulated revenue in the first 4 months of 2025 reached VND 142,122 billion, equal to 34.58% of the assigned estimate, up 12.1% over the same period in 2024.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/hai-quan-bat-giu-va-xu-ly-hon-5-200-vu-vi-pham-trong-4-thang-701457.html