Intensifying commodity market control in year-end time

In order to ensure market stability at the end of the year and holidays, the market management force in Khanh Hoa province is strengthening inspecting the market and prevent illegal activities like smuggling, trade fraud, unreasonable price increases causing market instability...

Implementing the directive documents of the Provincial Market Management Department on closely monitoring markets, supply and demand of goods and prices, strengthening market control during peak times at year-end time, market management teams in the province has launched 100% of the force and synchronously deployed inspection and control solutions.

Market management force checking a store in Nha Trang.

Right from the beginning of November, Market Management Team No. 2 proactively assigned two working groups to directly inspect, supervise, and grasp the situation at commodity trading establishments in Ninh Hoa town and Van Ninh district. In particular, the teams focus on controlling at markets, shopping centers, supermarkets and goods delivery points. This shows that business establishments comply quite well with regulations on business conditions and have registration papers; Goods have clear origins and price listing...

In recent days, Market Management Team No. 1 has also simultaneously intensified controling the commodity market. 

According to Nguyen Hoang Quy - Deputy Director of the Provincial Market Management Department, recently, the Provincial Market Management force has focused on effectively implementing the policies and directions of the Central and local authorities on the task of combating smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods... In particular, the coordination of inspection between market management forces and sectors has had many positive impacts in strengthening local management, creating synchronization and unity in implementation of tasks and avoiding duplication in inspection.

In order to promptly prevent smuggling and trade fraud activities in the last months of the year, with a focus on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the Provincial Market Management Department requires market management teams to firmly grasp the area and detect violations; grasp market supply and demand developments to prevent scarcity of goods. The forces proactively coordinate with authorities to well perform the task of inspecting and controlling the market; combating smuggling and trade fraud on fireworks of all kinds, foreign alcohol, electronics, refrigeration, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, food, functional foods, pharmaceuticals, fake and inferior cosmetics quality…

“In the immediate future, the Provincial Market Management Department focuses on implementing a peak campaign against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2024 under the direction of the General Department of Market Management. Accordingly, the province's market management force is 100% concentrated, deployed on duty, and closely follows the market 24/7 to inspect, supervise, proactively grasp and forecast the market situation, and promptly propose measures to fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods. Along with that, the market management force makes plans and opens interdisciplinary inspections for essential goods with great consumer demand at the end of the year and Tet such as confectionery, jams, wine, cigarettes and beverage; food products from livestock and poultry; clothing, fashion accessories; pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods, medicinal herbs..." - Nguyen Hoang Quy said.

C. Van
Translated by T.T