On the morning of May 17, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality.
Delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga (Hai Duong Delegation) agreed that the draft law has been officially included in the content of quality management in e-commerce - this is a regulation in line with modern consumer trends.
The current situation shows that e-commerce still has many problems in managing and determining responsibilities for product quality.
Among them, counterfeit goods, counterfeit goods, and goods of unknown origin appear everywhere on digital platforms, while consumers find it difficult to determine the unit with legal responsibility.
Therefore, according to the delegate, to strengthen the management of product and goods quality in e-commerce, it is recommended to build a national database of goods violated in the digital environment, allowing consumers to look up information, while supporting competent authorities in warning, post-inspecting, and handling violations nationwide.
At the same time, it is necessary to deploy data connection between e-commerce platforms and state management agencies, to ensure the ability to monitor, detect risks early and clearly track responsibilities for each online product.
Also talking about this issue, delegate Trinh Thi Tu Anh (Lam Dong delegation) agreed to add separate laws on e-commerce but there were many specific contents and lacked accompanying sanctions. The delegate cited that in 2024, many cases of counterfeit cosmetics and advertising were recorded everywhere but there was no mechanism to handle and remove them in a timely manner.
Therefore, the delegate recommended that there should be regulations to limit the responsibilities and obligations of e-commerce platforms in checking legal conditions on quality such as announcing compliance and regulation before displaying products on booths.
Handling violations on e-commerce platforms intentionally assists, does not remove poor quality products after advertising and requires periodic post-inspection responsibility from online sellers.
In which, online sellers must provide a standard and compulsory declaration code; publicly announce the origin, certificate of quality if required; subject to administrative sanctions if not complying with quality regulations.
Agreeing with this view, delegate Hoang Minh Hieu (Nghe An Delegation) said that a mechanism for strictly managing goods on e-commerce platforms is needed; the drafting agency needs to assign responsibility to the relevant parties of the e-commerce platform.
In particular, there should be strict regulations on verifying the origin of goods before putting them on e-commerce platforms.
According to the delegate, during the sale process, e-commerce platforms also need to be responsible for goods.
With policies to support improving the capacity of enterprises, the draft law somewhat overlaps with the Law on Enterprises, so it is necessary to translate these contents into corresponding laws.
