On November 19, Mr. Nguyen Quang Huy - Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Department said that in nearly a month of implementing the plan (October - November 18), the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management force has launched a drastic campaign, inspecting 348 cases, accounting for 33.49% of the total number of inspections for the whole year and reaching 50.36% of the number of inspections before issuing the plan. Inspection activities are being implemented synchronously with the goal of not loosening management and not interrupting market control.
As a result, there were 338 violations and 529,694 products were temporarily detained. The value of the violated goods was more than 11 billion VND. The fine for payment to the budget is nearly 2 billion VND.
The peak inspection plan has initially shown its effectiveness in controlling the market at the end of the year.
Mr. Huy said that the unit will strengthen market inspections during Tet, promptly detect and strictly handle violations, especially in the production and trading of counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, and goods of unknown origin. Focus on essential and high-risk items such as gasoline, fertilizers, food - beverages, cigarettes (especially new generation), functional foods, medicine, cosmetics, fashion, electronics, etc.
Combine inspection with legal propaganda, raise awareness of business organizations and individuals; recommend consumers to only buy products with clear origins and labels and report violations.
Continue to inspect e-commerce in the last 3 months of 2025, control goods on e-commerce platforms, websites and social networks such as Facebook, TikTok, Zalo; at the same time, check quality, standards, regulations, and food safety according to regulations.
Deploy a thematic inspection of milk and bird's milk in 2025, including: business registration, price listing, food safety conditions, origin - origin, quality, brand of goods, industrial ownership and e-commerce activities.
Deploy a thematic test for gold in 2025 at 180 points, focusing on business conditions, product origin, product labels, industrial ownership, price listing and business activities in the digital environment.
