According to the Market Management Department, on December 19, Team 24 of the Hanoi Market Management Department, in coordination with the Criminal Investigation Team for Criminal, Economic, and Drug-related Crimes of the Hoai Duc District Police, inspected the production and trading facility of Gia Ly Food Company Limited in Minh Khai village, La Phu commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi.
The inspection team discovered 23,200 packages of a product labeled “Ho Ka Ka Soybean Natural Flavor,” manufactured by Cong Nghiep Xiyuan Chaoan Company Limited, located in the northern part of Shangguo Meixi Chaoan Industrial Park, Guangdong.
Additionally, they found 70 kg of soybean fried tofu in five plastic bags with packaging that did not provide any information about its origin.
The inspection team temporarily seized the entire batch of “Ho Ka Ka – Soybean Natural Flavor” finished products, along with the raw materials, packaging, and machinery used in production, to verify the circumstances of the case and take legal action.
On the same day, Team 24, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Team, inspected a trading location at 171 Chua Tong village, La Phu commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, belonging to Van Thanh household business, and discovered 35 boxes of fish-shaped candies, 15 boxes of egg-shaped candies, and four boxes of oval-shaped candies.
On January 3, 2025, Team 17 of the Hanoi Market Management Department, in coordination with Team 7-PC03 of the Hanoi Police, inspected a food business establishment in Bai Thuy village, Dong Thap commune, Dan Phuong district, Hanoi. They discovered and temporarily seized 13,564 kg of packaged food, including sausages, candies, and meat products. All the food items were produced abroad, and the total value of the goods exceeded VND 1.8 billion. The business establishment could not provide invoices or documents proving the legality of the goods.
In Bac Ninh, on December 17 and 18, 2024, Team 3 of the Bac Ninh Market Management Department, in collaboration with Team 3 of the Provincial Police’s Economic Police, conducted a surprise inspection of N.T.T.H 2 household business on Ngoc Han Cong Chu street, Tien Ninh Ve ward, Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh province.
The inspection revealed that N.T.T.H 2 was trading 1,170 packs of cigarettes, 400 packs/boxes of tea, 240 cans of TSINGTAO beer, and 2,000 bottles of liquor with signs of smuggling, with a total value of VND 755,260,000. The business owner could not produce invoices or documents proving the legal origin of the goods.
More recently, on January 5, 2025, in Thai Nguyen, the inspection team from Team 2 of the Thai Nguyen Market Management Department conducted a surprise inspection of Mr. D.T.H’s business location in Hoang Van Thu ward, Thai Nguyen city, Thai Nguyen province.
The team discovered a large quantity of goods with foreign language labels and barcodes indicating their origin in China, without Vietnamese labels. These goods, including 968 packages of seasoned sauces, moon cakes, New Year candies, and frying powder, as well as 1,410 cosmetic products such as lipsticks and mascaras, were determined to be smuggled, with a total value of over VND 63 million. The inspection team temporarily seized all the violating goods for further handling in accordance with the law.
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