The Official Letter of the Government Office on strengthening management and combating smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting in e-commerce

On 28/6/2022, the Government Office issued the Official Letter No. 3986/VPCP-V.I on strengthening management and fighting against smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting in e-commerce.

Accordingly, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, Head of the National Steering Committee 389, has the following directives:

- To agree with the recommendations of the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee 389 in the Document No. 60/TTr-VPTT dated May 9, 2022 on strengthening management, fighting and preventing the acts of profiteering e-commerce activities for smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting. In which, the Steering Committees 389 of ministries, branches and localities focus on directing functional units and forces as follows:

+ To continue to effectively implement the Plan No. 399/KH-BCD389 dated October 10, 2020 of the National Steering Committee 389 on strengthening the fight against smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting in e-commercial activities and related documents.

+ To actively and firmly grasp the situation, strengthen inspection and control of e-commerce activities (advertising, introducing, offering for sale, transporting, delivering and receiving goods); promote the application of science and technology to promptly detect and handle the acts of trading in banned goods, smuggled goods, counterfeit goods, goods infringing intellectual property rights through social networks and e-commerce platforms.

+ To strengthen the coordination among units and functional forces in the process of performing tasks; promptly detect inadequacies, loopholes and overlaps to unify recommendations and propose competent agencies to amend, supplement or issue new relevant legal documents.

+ To promote propaganda and dissemination of legal provisions and results of detection and handling of violations in e-commerce activities to raise awareness of law observance of organizations, individuals; widely publicize phone numbers and e-mail hotlines of the National Steering Committee 389 and the Steering Committees 389 at all levels, ensure timely collection and handling of information from people and businesses about the acts of smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods in the e-commerce environment in accordance with the Regulation on the receipt and handling of information on smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods; make solutions to support and improve the e-commerce law enforcement capacity for the team in charge of management, inspection, examination and handling of violations on e-commerce.

+ To promptly reward collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements; at the same time, strictly handling collectives and individuals that cover, abet, and protect the subjects of smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods in e-commerce activities.

- To assign the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee 389 to monitor the implementation and summarize the results and report to the Head of the Committee; at the same time, advising the National Steering Committee 389 to organize a preliminary review of 02 years of implementation of the Plan No. 399/KH-BCD389 dated October 10, 2020 of the National Steering Committee 389 on strengthening the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in e-commerce activities, on that basis, propose the Head of the Committee to continue directing in the coming time.

Source: Anh Duy