On the afternoon of March 13, at a regular press conference on the socio-economic situation of Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Vo Ho Hoang Vu, Chief of Office of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said that according to regulations, acts of false advertising will be punished according to Decree 38/2021 of the Government.
The Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City has issued Inter-sectoral Coordination Regulations to manage advertising activities in the city.
The Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City has presided over and coordinated with local authorities and agencies to conduct inspections, checks, and promptly detect violations in advertising activities. Receive and resolve complaints and denunciations of violations in advertising activities according to authority.
At the same time, the department also coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department to direct the Internal Political Security Department to coordinate with the Department of Culture and Sports to handle advertising activities that are not in accordance with the approved documents, violating the Advertising Law or have content that violates security and order.
For departments, it has also proactively deployed and coordinated the implementation of advertising management on mass media and on the network environment according to the field of state management as stipulated in Article 27 of Decree 181/2013/ND-CP dated November 14, 2013 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Advertising Law; directed the professional department and sent units to coordinate with the Department of Culture and Sports, Ho Chi Minh City Police and related units to consider handling and promptly preventing advertising in the field of management to protect the rights of organizations and individuals in the city.
Regarding the incident in which Miss Thuy Tien and some famous people such as YouTuber Quang Linh Vlogs and TikToker Hang Du Cac advertised a controversial " Vegetable assortment" product, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City said it had received the information and coordinated with the authorities.
The Food Safety Department - Ministry of Health has directed the inspection of production conditions, announcement and advertising of Kera vegetable candy products and strictly handle violations (if any) in accordance with the provisions of law for relevant organizations, individuals and units; the Food Safety Department has sent an official dispatch to the Radio, Television and Electronic Information Department - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requesting coordination in checking information and handling violations.
Therefore, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City continues to monitor, review and coordinate in handling when there is a proposal from the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Previously, the online community was stirred up by the news that Miss Thuy Tien, Hang Du Muc, Quang Linh Vlogs advertised the wrong thing. Accordingly, they together produced a type of candy advertised as containing high fiber content, just a few capsules is enough to supplement the necessary fiber for the human body every day.
However, on March 4, a consumer posted a video about testing this vegetable candy product at the National Institute for Qualitative Measurement. The results showed that 30 capsules (equivalent to a box) only contained 0.51 grams of fiber, which is too little compared to the necessary needs of the human body.
