Shop sites blasted over fake goods

Shop sites blasted over fake goods

Vietnam’s online economy is now enjoying a remarkable boom and is estimated to reach $33 billion by 2025. However, the intrusion of prohibited, fake, and poor-quality products mixed among the goods should ring alarm bells for sellers, consumers, and local authorities. Phuong Hao reports.
Foreign companies silent on impact of fake goods

Foreign companies silent on impact of fake goods

Gross violations of intellectual property rights (IPR) are commonplace and the market is chock-full of counterfeit and fake versions of leading brands, who choose to keep violations out of the limelight and out of fear of negative publicity. Kim Oanh reports.
Fake goods rampant in Ho Chi Minh City

Fake goods rampant in Ho Chi Minh City

Fake and imitation goods are openly sold in many places in Ho Chi Minh City, with their sellers making huge profits.
Fake SJC gold bullion returns to market

Fake SJC gold bullion returns to market

Gold bullion copying SJC, the country’s most popular brand name, has recently re-emerged on the market, dismaying both gold traders and the bars’ authentic producer, Saigon Jewelry Co.
Smuggled Ensure milk with fake labels discovered

Smuggled Ensure milk with fake labels discovered

Police in central Hue city yesterday, May 22, seized more than 10,000 Ensure milk cans (237 ml) bearing fake labels at three houses in the city.