From now until the end of the year, Can Tho tightens inspection of key items, combating smuggling

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Can Tho - Key items, especially goods served during the Lunar New Year, will be strengthened by the city from now until the end of 2025.

The City People's Committee has just issued a Plan for the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods from now until the end of 2025 of Steering Committee 389/TP.

The Steering Committee 389/TP requires members, according to their assigned functions and tasks, to direct the authorities from now until the end of 2025, to continue to strictly implement the instructions of the Government, the Prime Minister, the National Steering Committee 389, and the City People's Committee on the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods.

Accordingly, the City Department of Industry and Trade directed the Market Management Department to step up the management of the area; strengthen coordination with functional forces to inspect, detect, and strictly handle acts of transporting and trading smuggled goods, banned goods, counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, food safety, epidemic safety, goods of unknown origin and acts of infringement of intellectual property rights; violations in the field of trade promotion, e-commerce, websites, social networks (facebook, zalo...),...

In particular, focusing on key items such as pharmaceuticals, food, functional foods, gasoline, cigarettes, sugar, fertilizers, pesticides, cosmetics, liquefied petroleum gas, etc., especially essential items prepared for service during the Lunar New Year 2026.

The 19th Regional Customs Branch directs its affiliated units to regularly grasp the developments of the situation, strengthen inspection and strict control of seaports, river ports, international airports and other locations under the control of the Customs. At the same time, closely coordinate with functional forces to patrol and strictly control import-export and entry and exit activities to promptly detect and handle acts of smuggling and illegal transportation of goods across the border.

The Standing Office of Steering Committee 389/TP proactively advises Steering Committee 389/TP in improving the effectiveness of direction and operation, actively guiding and inspecting the work of combating smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods. In particular, effectively receiving, managing and processing hotline information of Steering Committee 389/TP, Standing Office of Steering Committee 389/TP.

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