Louis Vuitton’s Hanoi store could be selling fakes

June 02, 2016 | 20:59

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Louis Vuitton’s representative in Vietnam has yet to respond to the accusation of selling a fake bag, which emerged earlier in May.

On May 31 VIR contacted the Louis Vuitton store at Hanoi’s Trang Tien Plaza and was told to wait 24 hours for a response of the representative company regarding the accusation. As of now there is no response yet.

On May 14 it was reported that Ms. H from Tu Liem district of Hanoi said she had bought a bag of the Louis Vuitton brand at the Trang Tien Plaza store at 24 Hai Ba Trung street in Hanoi in 2014 at VND34 million ($1,520), and discovered that the bag had many signs of being fake, with flaws in the leather of the strap, and difference in colour between the two links in the chain linking the strap to the bag.

H said since buying she had contacted the store many times but had not received a remedy.

Reporters of enternews.vn brought the bag to the office of Louis Vuitton Vietnam at 17 Ngo Quyen. An accountant of the company said she was not an expert but agreed that the bag did look fake. Ha Thi Thu Hien, the legal representative of Louis Vuitton Vietnam, said that she could not represent Louis Vuitton to answer the reporter and would give an official statement later.

In a recent interview with enternews.vn, Bae Kang Woo, managing director of Trang Tien Plaza, said that the accusation surprised him. He said the management of Trang Tien Plaza asked Louis Vuitton Vietnam to answer to the accusation and they too are waiting for the answer.

The Louis Vuitton store in Trang Tien Plaza opened in April 2013.

Louis Vuitton bags are popular in Vietnam because of the good quality, elegant design and brand name. The bags are the most counterfeited among bags of all brands all over the world.

By By Ha Duy

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