The information was given at the meeting of the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit goods in Can Tho City held on May 28.
According to Colonel Tran Hoang Do - Deputy Director of Can Tho City Police, before planning to launch a peak period of fighting to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement in the city, the unit had carried out a number of relatively large-scale cases and was in the process of handling them.
In the coming time, the City Police will continue to focus on directing the police force to identify organizations and individuals with suspicious signs, manifestations, signs of smuggling, trade fraud, production, and trading of counterfeit goods, infringement of intellectual property rights, goods of unknown origin, and related behaviors, especially in cyberspace, with very vigorous advertising.
The focus of this peak, the City Police will coordinate closely with departments, agencies, especially the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture and Environment (MARD) to check and handle food, food, medical equipment, goods .... In particular, in the agricultural field, the departments and agencies are requested to review in the state management system of suspicious goods and the ability to violate such as fertilizer, chemicals used for plants and animals ... for timely information for police forces.
Regarding the agricultural field, Mr. Nguyen Tan Nhon - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Can Tho City - Information, from the beginning of May 5.2025, the Department has established 3 delegations to inspect the professional field of the Department. Through the assessment, the inspection according to the plan mainly detects the surface and violations by the owner, company and enterprise. As for establishments who deliberately fraud, producing fake goods, it is difficult to detect. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on grasping information and unexpected inspection to detect the time, fake and poor quality goods that establishments intentionally violate.
The Deputy Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Can Tho City recommended that the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Health and the City Police strengthen the establishment of interdisciplinary inspection teams. In which, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development participated. "There are surprise inspections "half-night, half-day", we are also ready to send forces to participate. only inspections like this can increase effectiveness and create deterrence, Mr. Nhon emphasized.
At the same time, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the City will carry out a plan to conduct specialized inspections and review items that are likely to be counterfeit and have high profits, coordinate with specialized agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide information to the City Police to pay attention, grasp the situation in the area, promptly prevent and reduce losses for users as well as food safety issues, especially export products.
Regarding the issue of delegates contributing to the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Thuc Hien - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City - suggested that relevant departments, branches, sectors and units should increase the opening of the peak period; be flexible in coordinating, inspecting, inspecting and handling violations. Accordingly, the inspections must be really in-depth. In addition, attention should be paid to promoting propaganda work, raising people's awareness of compliance.
