According to the Plan of the Steering Committee 389 of Hanoi City, the peak of the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods before, during and after the Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo 2026 will be implemented from December 16, 2025 to March 15, 2026.
To effectively implement the Plan, the Steering Committee 389 of Hanoi City requires functional forces to conduct inspections and controls in accordance with the focus, key points, and legal regulations; all violations must be strictly handled, without forbidden areas or exceptions.
In particular, the work of performing public duties must ensure discipline and order, strictly prohibiting all acts of taking advantage of or abusing inspection and control rights to harass, cause difficulties and inconveniences for organizations and individuals operating in production and business in the city.
In the Peak Plan, the responsibilities of each department, branch, force and grassroots government are clearly assigned, associated with specific management fields and areas.
Accordingly, the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade is the Standing Agency of the City Steering Committee 389, responsible for advising, guiding, and urging departments, branches, functional forces, and Steering Committees 389 of communes and wards to effectively implement the contents of the Plan; at the same time, synthesizing and reporting the implementation results according to regulations.
As a state manager of the market, the Department of Industry and Trade closely monitors the supply and demand developments of essential goods, especially those with high consumer demand or fluctuations in prices in the past time, to promptly propose measures to ensure supply and demand balance, stabilize the market, and avoid disruption of goods sources at the end of the year and the Lunar New Year 2026.
In addition, the Department coordinates to guide and inspect compliance with regulations on food safety in the fields of management, consumer protection and business management at the multi-level level.
The Hanoi Market Management Department is directed to strengthen inspection, control, timely detection and handling of acts of trading, storing, transporting prohibited goods, smuggled goods, goods of unknown origin; production and trading of counterfeit goods, goods that violate quality, violate intellectual property rights, do not ensure food safety and violations in e-commerce.
The focus of inspection is on essential goods, consumed a lot during Tet and items managed by the Industry and Trade sector, resolutely preventing the act of taking advantage of increased consumer demand for illegal profits.
Hanoi City Police are assigned the task of proactively developing and implementing a peak plan to fight against crime and law violations during the 2026 Lunar New Year.
The professional departments, police, wards and stations synchronously implement professional measures, focus on fighting and destroying networks and groups of smuggling, trade fraud, trading in banned goods, counterfeit goods, goods of unknown origin.
The focus is on preventing the acts of trading, transporting, and storing prohibited goods such as drugs, firecrackers, weapons, explosives, support tools, and smuggled cigarettes. The Traffic Police force coordinates with relevant forces in controlling traffic, transporting goods, etc.
The Customs Branch of Region I strengthens information collection, grasps the area, synchronously applies professional measures in customs inspection, supervision, and control; strictly controls import-export goods, transit, passenger luggage, and means of entry and exit;
Timely detect and strictly handle acts of smuggling, illegal transportation of goods across the border, trade fraud, and tax evasion.
The Hanoi Tax Force focuses on inspecting and controlling the activities of tax-paying organizations and individuals, strictly managing the use of invoices, and combating tax fraud in areas with high potential risks such as e-commerce and digital platform business.
Other specialized management departments are also assigned specific tasks. Accordingly, the Department of Health will preside over inspections of establishments producing and trading drugs, cosmetics, and food under its management, and strengthen post-inspections on food safety and hygiene.
The Department of Agriculture and Environment shall preside over and coordinate with competent agencies to strengthen the fight against, prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods for agricultural supplies, agricultural, forestry and fishery foods, and forestry;
Focus on inspecting and strictly handling violations of the production and trading of pesticides and plant varieties, controlling the use of growth stimulants and banned chemicals, outside the list in the production of vegetables, tubers, fruits, fruits; fertilizers, veterinary drugs, animal feed, animal breeds, aquatic products, aquatic feed, etc.
The Department of Science and Technology shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to inspect regulations on standards, measurements, quality; industrial property; code; traceability of products and goods of organizations and individuals producing and trading in the city according to their authority.
The Department of Culture and Sports strengthens inspection of violations of advertising, copyright, related rights in the press and online environment...
Steering Committee 389 of communes and wards plays a direct role at the grassroots level, responsible for proactively developing and implementing the peak Tet plan; strengthening inspection, preventing the emergence of warehouses, yards, and transit points for smuggled, counterfeit, and poor quality goods in the area. Localities are responsible if the situation of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods becomes complicated and serious...
With clear assignment of responsibilities and specific action requirements for each department, branch and locality, the Peak Plan against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods during the 2026 Binh Ngo Lunar New Year demonstrates Hanoi's determination to maintain market discipline, protect people's rights and create a stable and healthy business environment before, during and after Tet.
