Van Don District: Strengthening market control

To ensure a stable and healthy market during the year-end period, Van Don district has directed functional forces to strengthen market control to prevent smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods.

Market Management Team No. 3 inspects goods of business households in Van Don district.

At this time, supermarkets, traditional markets, and businesses in Van Don district have completed their plans to increase their stock to serve consumers. This is also the time when some individuals take advantage of the situation to introduce goods of unknown origin, counterfeit goods, and substandard products into the market.

Therefore, to maintain market stability, Van Don district has directed units and localities to deploy forces and resources, and regularly conduct strict inspections and controls in high-risk areas to gather information and promptly handle any signs of legal violations. At the same time, it is determined to strictly punish organizations and individuals who take advantage of the increased consumer demand during Tet to trade in smuggled goods, counterfeit goods, substandard goods, and engage in speculation and unreasonable price increases, causing market instability, especially for goods that are in high demand during Tet.

The district has also coordinated with relevant authorities to inspect businesses, distribution agents, and warehouses supplying goods to meet the Tet holiday needs of companies and businesses; inspected markets and transport vehicles suspected of transporting smuggled goods, counterfeit goods, prohibited goods, especially firecrackers, cigarettes, alcohol, poultry, etc. Along with that, it has intensified propaganda and mobilization efforts to encourage organizations and individuals not to trade in counterfeit goods, substandard goods, or goods that do not meet food safety and hygiene standards. It has also coordinated with relevant departments, localities, and units to organize business households in the area to sign commitments to strictly comply with legal regulations in commercial business and not to unreasonably increase prices during Tet.

Businesses in Van Don district have completed plans to increase their stockpiles to serve consumers during the Tet holiday. Photo: Do Hien (CTV)

In Van Don district, there are currently over 3,000 food production, processing, and trading establishments. Of these, the agricultural sector manages 2,257 establishments, the health sector manages 501, and the industry and trade sector manages 245. To strengthen management, the district has established an inter-sectoral Steering Committee on Food Safety and Hygiene, chaired by the District People's Committee Chairman; and three sub-committees on food safety under the health, agriculture and rural development, and industry and trade sectors. 100% of communes and towns have established Food Safety Steering Committees. To date, 100% of establishments under management have signed commitments to ensure food safety.

As the core and specialized force in local market management, Team 3 of the Market Management Department (Cam Pha - Van Don - Co To) has developed a plan for a high-intensity campaign against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in the last months of the year, before, during, and after the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Snake 2025. Mr. Le Van Hanh, Team Leader of Team 3, said: Following the direction of the District People's Committee, the unit is tightening its management of the area. This includes focusing on market inspection and control and strictly handling violations. In particular, it is controlling goods traded online such as e-commerce platforms, websites, and social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and Zalo. The unit has also assigned specific tasks to each officer in charge of a particular area, allocated personnel, and developed a plan for market inspection and control at markets, shops, and small businesses... to promptly detect and handle violations in the area.

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