Launching a peak campaign to prevent and repel smuggling and trade fraud

The Prime Minister directed to launch a peak campaign to fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.

The dispatch stated: In recent times, ministries, branches, localities, and functional forces have made great efforts in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights, achieving important results, contributing to stabilizing and promoting production and business, increasing budget revenue, ensuring security and order, and protecting the legitimate rights of the people; detecting, combating, preventing, and handling many cases and violators in the production and trade of fake milk, medicine, and food. The Ministry of Public Security has recently been proactive, grasping the situation, conducting professional work, detecting, and handling a number of large-scale cases of production and trade of counterfeit goods.

However, the situation of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and goods infringing intellectual property rights is still complicated, widespread, and involves many subjects, affecting people's health and trust, causing confusion and anxiety in public opinion about the fight against the work of functional forces, affecting social order and safety, and the development of the country.

The fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement is a very important and long-term task that requires the participation of Party committees at all levels, local authorities at all levels, and the people. This work must be done regularly, comprehensively, continuously, and without stopping.

In order to combat, prevent, repel, and eventually end smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement to protect the legitimate and legal rights and interests of people and businesses, protect the security and health of the people, and contribute to the country's rapid and sustainable development, following Official Dispatch No. 40/CD-TTg dated April 17, 2025 on handling the case of production and distribution of fake milk, Official Dispatch No. 41/CD-TTg dated April 17, 2025 on handling the case of production and trade of counterfeit medicines and health protection foods, Official Dispatch No. 55/CD-TTg dated May 2, 2025 on strengthening coordination and strictly handling organizations and individuals involved in the production and trade of counterfeit medicines, fake milk, and fake health protection foods, the Prime Minister requested to launch a high-level attack to combat, prevent, and repel the crime of smuggling. smuggling, commercial fraud, counterfeit goods, copyright infringement, and intellectual property infringement nationwide, from May 15, 2025 to June 15, 2025, after which a preliminary assessment will be conducted.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to direct the national police force to closely coordinate with functional forces to focus on identifying organizations and individuals suspected of smuggling, trade fraud, production and trade of counterfeit goods, intellectual property infringement, goods of unknown origin and related acts, and deploy professional measures to combat and criminally handle organizations and individuals who commit serious violations in order to promptly deter and warn.

The Ministry of Public Security closely coordinates with judicial agencies and appraisal agencies to organize investigation activities and thoroughly handle cases of smuggling, trade fraud, production and trade of counterfeit goods, intellectual property infringement, and goods of unknown origin at peak times, without letting them drag on. The fight must pay attention to clarifying the roles and responsibilities of organizations and individuals in the management, licensing, inspection, import-export control, circulation... of production materials and goods, strictly handling acts of corruption and negativity (if any) in accordance with the provisions of law with the motto "handling one case, warning the whole region, the whole field", "no forbidden areas, no exceptions".

From the results of the work of grasping the situation, fighting and handling cases and incidents, it is necessary to evaluate and point out the causes and conditions for committing crimes, loopholes and inadequacies in legal regulations or management mechanisms of functional departments that subjects take advantage of to commit crimes and violate the law to advise the Party, State and Government, and recommend solutions to ministries, branches and localities to overcome; difficulties and obstacles in the work of fighting and handling crimes to perfect criminal law, especially the revised Penal Code.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of National Defense to direct the Border Guard and Coast Guard to coordinate with the Police and other functional forces to patrol and control border areas, combat smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights, and ensure order and safety in border areas and at sea.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade coordinates with the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to direct the Market Management force to strengthen inspection and strictly handle cases of smuggling, production and trading of counterfeit goods, goods infringing on intellectual property rights, goods of unknown origin, especially violations in the e-commerce environment. From the results of review, inspection, handling, and assessment, point out the causes, conditions of violations, loopholes, and inadequacies in legal regulations or management mechanisms that subjects take advantage of to violate the law to propose solutions to overcome; perfect the institutions on e-commerce, especially the Law on E-commerce.

The Ministry of Finance directs the Customs force to perform well in professional work, collect information, and coordinate closely with relevant forces to promptly detect and handle smuggling, tax evasion, and transportation of prohibited goods and counterfeit goods of Vietnamese origin.

The Ministry of Health shall strengthen, step up inspection, control, and strictly handle the trading and business of counterfeit drugs, smuggled drugs, fake pharmaceuticals, and drugs of unknown origin; require scientists and managers of the health sector to sign a commitment not to advertise or introduce false information, information lacking scientific basis or basis, or to exaggerate the features and uses of products without carefully verifying legal documents related to the products; and be responsible before the law for any fraudulent advertising.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment strengthens inspection and strictly handles violations related to forestry, fisheries, production and trade of fake plant varieties, livestock, fertilizers and pesticides.

The Ministry of Science and Technology urgently reviews, amends and supplements regulations on intellectual property to adjust newly arising issues, especially in the digital environment and e-commerce, perfects regulations on product and goods quality, ensures consistency and synchronization in legal regulations; strengthens inspection and strictly handles organizations and individuals who violate regulations on false announcement and advertising.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is researching and supplementing sanctions to handle agencies requesting advertising, agencies carrying out advertising, and those who Individuals, artists, and celebrities take advantage of their reputation to engage in false advertising, especially on social networks.

Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities urgently establish local working groups headed by the Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities with appropriate participants; at the same time, resolutely direct local market management forces to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to strictly handle acts of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, fake goods, goods of unknown origin, and intellectual property infringement in the area...

The Prime Minister requested the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations to closely coordinate with ministries, branches and authorities at all levels in mobilizing union members to participate in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods.

The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the Central City Party Committee lead and direct the Party committees at all levels and the entire political system in the locality to participate in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods...

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