Resolutely wipe out crimes of producing and trading fake drugs and fake food.

Resolutely wipe out crimes of producing and trading fake drugs and fake food - Photo 1.

The Government Office issued Notice No. 341/TB-VPCP on the conclusion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the National Online Conference to review the work in the first 6 months of 2025 and summarize the peak period of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.

The work of preventing and combating smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods has always received special attention, close leadership and direction from General Secretary To Lam , leaders of the Party, State, Government, Prime Minister, Vietnam Fatherland Front, and relevant agencies. In the past time, especially the peak month, many important initial results have been achieved, which are very encouraging.

In the Announcement, the Prime Minister acknowledged and commended the efforts and results of the Prime Minister 's Working Group, the National Steering Committee 389, the Working Groups of ministries, branches and localities during the peak month of fighting against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights. Thereby, it is necessary to draw experiences and lessons to build the Government's Action Plan on the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights into a long-term task, a regular and continuous work that must be done.

At the same time, the Prime Minister highly appreciated ministries, branches and localities for their timely leadership and direction. Some localities have closely coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security and functional forces to resolutely detect and handle smuggling and trade of counterfeit and poor-quality goods (Ninh Hiep market, La Phu market, Saigon Square Trade Center, etc.).

In the first 6 months of the year, units and localities handled more than 50,000 violations, collected more than 6,500 billion VND for the state budget, and prosecuted more than 1,800 cases with more than 3,200 subjects. Typically, on June 19, 2025, the Ministry of Public Security welcomed the prosecution of the case of manufacturing counterfeit milk powder in Hanoi. In the peak period from May 15, 2025 to June 15, 2025, more than 10,400 violations were handled, collected more than 1,200 billion VND for the state budget, and prosecuted more than 200 cases with 378 subjects.

The results showed that thanks to the drastic and timely direction of the leaders of the Party, State, Government, Prime Minister, National Steering Committee 389, directly by Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son - Head of National Steering Committee 389, and the participation of functional agencies.

Existing problems, limitations and shortcomings that need to be overcome

However, through the report of the National Steering Committee 389, the opinions of ministries, branches, localities and functional agencies clearly show the shortcomings, limitations and inadequacies. In particular, the objective cause is that the work of building and perfecting institutions is not timely; the investment in facilities, means and finance for functional forces is still slow, not meeting practical needs.

The subjective cause is that the leadership and direction of local Party committees and authorities are not yet close; agencies, units and functional forces have not really paid much attention, so the work of combating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights still has many shortcomings and limitations, showing signs of being neglected and lax for a long time.

Recent major cases have shown that: One is due to loss of fighting spirit and bribery; Two is due to lack of responsibility, not daring to fight, not daring to confront the subjects. This must be strictly handled according to Party regulations and State laws.

The division of responsibilities among ministries, branches, localities, and functional forces has not yet ensured the 6 clear "clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear products, clear authority" so there is confusion in coordination and implementation; the strength of the people and businesses has not been mobilized to participate in the work of combating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.

Future directions

The Prime Minister affirmed: It is forecasted that in the coming time, the situation of illegal transportation of goods across the border, fraud of origin, foreign goods with fake Vietnamese origin will continue to be complicated; there are still many subjects trading in smuggled goods, producing and trading counterfeit goods on an increasingly large scale; the situation of infringement of intellectual property rights is still common. Because we have been lax for a long time, we need to focus on leadership and direction with the goal of fighting, preventing, repelling and eliminating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister's goals, orientations and guiding viewpoints are:

- Continue to be steadfast and persistent with the goal: "Resolutely prevent, fight, stop, repel, and eventually end and wipe out smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights, especially "declare uncompromising war" on counterfeit drugs and fake food to protect the health, lives, rights, and legitimate interests of the people and businesses; protect the security and health safety of the people, and contribute to serving the country's rapid and sustainable development".

Combating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement must be identified as a central, long-term, and regular task, requiring continued mobilization of the entire political system, the People, and businesses. In particular, it is necessary to promptly and resolutely eradicate, uncompromisingly, resolutely fight, and wipe out all types of crimes of manufacturing, circulating, trading, and selling counterfeit drugs and fake foods. These are groups of goods that directly affect and seriously harm the health and lives of the People.

Continuously launch campaigns to prevent smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods

According to the Prime Minister, the people must be the center of protection and the main subject of the struggle, and the strength of the people must be mobilized to form a movement. Launching the movement "each citizen is a soldier on the front line against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights"; at the same time, "each citizen must be a smart consumer in the market".

The authorities must continuously deploy, regularly, without stopping, continuously with the spirit of "working day, night, working extra on days off" to promptly detect and strictly handle violators, with the motto "handling one case, warning the whole region, the whole field", "no forbidden zones, no exceptions".

Ministries, sectors and localities proactively review and develop mechanisms, policies and legal regulations; provide guidance, inspection and supervision to achieve the goal of preventing, repelling and eventually ending smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights.

"Declare uncompromising war" on fake drugs and fake food

The Prime Minister requested the Secretaries of the City and Provincial Party Committees to directly lead and direct Party committees at all levels, the entire political system, the People and businesses in the localities to actively and effectively detect and fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property rights infringement, especially counterfeit medicines and fake foods, and consider this an important political task because it is related to the health and safety of the People and the healthy development of the economy.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to closely direct the improvement of institutions, strengthen supervision, inspection, assignment, decentralization, and delegation of powers in a comprehensive and comprehensive manner in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights; direct functional forces to "declare uncompromising war" on counterfeit drugs and food and to regularly, continuously, and tirelessly fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights to protect the health, lives, rights, and legitimate and legal interests of the people and businesses, and to protect the security and health safety of the people.

The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over research on the application of digital transformation, based on national data, ministries and branches to build codes for various types of goods, especially those related to drugs and food; focus on directing professional forces and local police to establish special projects, resolutely fight against and strictly handle criminal acts, especially those related to fake drugs and fake food; clarify the responsibilities of relevant ministries, branches and localities for violations, report and propose handling according to regulations; promptly publicize results on mass media for general deterrence and prevention; coordinate with prosecution agencies to speed up the investigation, prosecution and trial of cases.

The Ministry of National Defense focuses on leading and directing the Border Guard and Coast Guard forces to coordinate with functional forces to patrol and control border areas, combat smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property rights infringement, and ensure order and safety in border areas on land and at sea.

Timely handling of tax evasion and tax fraud cases

The Ministry of Finance directs the Customs, Tax and functional units to perform well their professional tasks according to their assigned functions and tasks; closely coordinate with relevant forces to promptly detect and handle individuals and businesses that smuggle, commit trade fraud, tax evasion and tax fraud; strictly control imported goods, prevent counterfeit goods (especially medicines and food), counterfeit goods of famous brands, goods of unknown origin, poor quality goods from being smuggled into Vietnam and goods of counterfeit Vietnamese origin from being exported abroad.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall take the lead in closely coordinating with ministries, agencies, and provincial People's Committees to: (i) Direct the national Market Management force to strengthen inspection, control, and strictly handle individuals and enterprises trading in smuggled goods, producing and trading in counterfeit goods, especially counterfeit milk, counterfeit medicines, counterfeit food, goods that infringe intellectual property rights, counterfeit goods of famous brands, and goods of unknown origin; urgently complete legal policies to control e-commerce activities; (ii) Review, amend, and supplement the functions, tasks, and sanctioning authority of functional forces in the direction of clearly defining responsibilities, clear areas, no overlap, no omissions, and report to the Prime Minister in July 2025.

The Ministry of Science and Technology shall take the lead in strengthening the management of product and goods quality, traceability of goods origin, especially in the e-commerce environment; strictly handle organizations and individuals that violate product and goods quality and infringe intellectual property rights.

Absolutely do not allow fake drugs or poor quality drugs to be circulated or sold on the market or in hospitals.

The Ministry of Health shall preside over and take full responsibility for the management of food and pharmaceutical safety as it is directly related to the lives and health of the people; preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and localities to step up inspection and control, promptly detect and strictly handle the trading and business of fake milk, fake drugs, smuggled drugs, fake pharmaceuticals, fake cosmetics and fake food with a never-ending and relentless spirit; study and propose to increase sanctions for administrative violations; launch the movement "People participate in responding to the control of drug and food quality"; absolutely do not allow fake drugs and poor quality drugs to be circulated and sold on the market or in hospitals.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment shall take the lead in strengthening inspection and strictly handling violations of veterinary laws (especially meat and slaughter), production and trading of fake fertilizers and fake pesticides.

The Prime Minister requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to directly direct local forces (Police, Army, Market Management, Customs, Tax, specialized inspection agencies, etc.) to "declare an uncompromising war" on counterfeit drugs and food and to regularly, continuously and tirelessly fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights; strictly handle acts of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights; pay attention to socio-economic development, especially in remote, isolated and border areas, contributing to stabilizing people's lives; innovate and improve the effectiveness of propaganda and dissemination of laws so that people can detect and report to authorities and not participate in or assist in acts of smuggling, illegal transportation of goods, and production and trade of counterfeit goods.

Press and media agencies (Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency, etc.) coordinate with ministries, branches, and functional forces to increase the duration of specialized programs to raise awareness and responsibility of officials, civil servants, and the People; propagate and disseminate tricks and methods of fraud and deception so that the People can recognize, raise vigilance, and inform competent state agencies; strictly manage and control to prevent false advertising that can easily confuse the People; commend positive examples and good practices; criticize and condemn negative behaviors and lack of responsibility, etc.

Phuong Nhi

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