National online conference to review the work in the first six months of 2025 and summarize the peak period of the fight against, preventing, and repelling smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights
09/07/2025 09:56 GMT+7
(en.sonla.gov.vn) On June 23, 2025, Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister, chaired the National online conference to review the work in the first six months of 2025 and summarize the peak period of the fight against, prevention, and repelling of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights. Attending the conference at the Son La provincial bridge was Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Peoples Committee, as well as leaders of departments, branches, and members of Working Group 1181.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, attended the Son La provincial bridge.
In the first 06 months of the year, the Steering Committee 389 of ministries, branches, and localities actively directed and implemented plans to combat smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods, launching a peak period to implement the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch 65/CD-TTg dated May 15, 2025. The functional forces promptly detected and strictly handled violations and contributed to ensuring the market and protecting the rights of businesses and consumers. Nationwide, 49,714 handled violations, collected over VND 6,459 billion from the budget, and prosecuted 1,899 cases with 3,271 subjects. In peak month alone, 10,437 handled cases, and collected VND 1,279 billion from the budget, temporarily seized goods worth over VND 4,075 billion, and prosecuted 204 cases with 378 defendants.
Delegates are attending the Son La province bridge.
Implementing the Prime Minister's telegram, Son La has established 04 interdisciplinary inspection teams chaired by leaders of departments and branches, simultaneously initiating inspections across the province, focusing on essential goods such as food, medicine, cosmetics, cakes, milk, etc., the teams have inspected 67 cases, transferred 30 cases to competent authorities for handling, and taken 07 samples of agricultural materials for quality testing, currently awaiting analysis results. The functional forces have vigorously implemented the peak plan to combat smuggling and trade fraud and have strictly handled violations.
The conference was online nationwide.
Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested ministries, branches, localities, and functional forces to strengthen inspection, supervision, and strictly handle acts of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, infringement of intellectual property rights, especially items affecting people's health, strengthen the application of technology, digital transformation in prevention and control work; improve the effectiveness of hotlines, promptly receive and handle reports. Step up legal propaganda, raise public awareness, and launch a nationwide movement to boycott counterfeit goods and goods of unknown origin. Ministries and branches should promptly complete legal documents. People's Committees of provinces and cities should promptly complete Steering Committee 389 after the merger, ensuring the effectiveness of preventing and controlling smuggling in localities.
Quoc Tuan
Translated by Tuan Minh Dang