Recently, the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued 02 Decisions on administrative sanctions No. 148/QD-XPHC and No. 149/QD-XPHC against Mr. Tran Quang Minh (BTV Quang Minh) and Ms. Nguyen Thanh Van (MC Van Hugo), due to violations in advertising activities.
Accordingly, with two behaviors: Advertising HIUP 27 nutrition products is not suitable for one of the documents prescribed in the receipt of the product announcement and advertising the HIUP 27 nutritional product using the doctor's name, Mr. Tran Quang Minh (BTV Quang Minh) is fined according to Point a, Clause 2 and Point a, Clause 52, Decree No. 38/2021/ND-CP stipulating administrative sanctions in the field of advertising, advertising, advertising, advertising, advertising. 129/2021/ND-CP of December 30, 2021 of the Government. The total fine of BTV Quang Minh must be paid is 37.5 million.
For more serious violations: Advertising of Hiup 27 nutritional products causes confusion about the uses of the published product, Ms. Nguyen Thanh Van (MC Van Hugo) was fined according to Clause 5, Article 34 of Decree No. 38/2021/ND-CP regulating administrative sanctions for violations in the field of culture and advertising, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 129/2021/ND-CP dated December 30, 2021 of the Government. The fine for this act of Van Hugo is 70 million VND.
In addition, both BTV Quang Minh and MC Van Hugo must take remedial measures such as deleting advertisements and forcing information correction for violations.
According to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, there is currently a situation where KOLs (celebrity people), including many people who are editors, journalists or collaborators, often appear on radio and television to receive advertisements for food and health protection foods and violate the provisions of the law on advertising.
The reason for the above situation is that advertisers lack basic knowledge about advertising for products and services, especially food, medicine, medical examination and treatment services - directly affecting human health and life or not carefully researching the products they advertise.
Therefore, the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information recommends that advertisers should carefully research the product, check the ingredients, utilities, and documents related to the product, and be responsible to the community, avoid advertising exaggeratedly, using products regardless to achieve profits and sales.
