In recent years the world situation has been complicated, unpredictable and potentially risky; The Covid-19 epidemic in the world and in the country is complicated; Ministries, branches and municipalities have many solutions to combat, prevent and regulate, so smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting tend to decrease across the country.

However, after the government advocated safe adjustment, flexibility and effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic, manufacturing, business, import and export activities normalized, so the situation of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods at the borders tends to increase . Sea areas and inland areas, with new and more sophisticated methods and tricks.

To improve the effectiveness of combating smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods, to protect the legitimate interests of manufacturing and business organizations, companies and individuals, as well as the interests of consumers, and to contribute to the stabilization of the internal market and socio-economic development; The National Steering Committee against Smuggling, Commercial Fraud and Counterfeiting (National Steering Committee 389) is developing a plan to strengthen the fight against smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting across borders and regions, maritime and inland areas.

Proactive prevention of smuggling and commercial fraud

The purpose of the plan is to proactively detect, fight, prevent and promptly and strictly deal with smuggling, commercial fraud, illegal cross-border transportation of goods, trade, transportation, etc. of prohibited goods, contraband goods, counterfeit goods, goods infringing on intellectual property to deal with property rights.

Stabilize order, ensure compliance with laws, create favorable conditions for production, business, import and export activities; Contributing to promoting the country’s socio-economic development, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of genuine businesses and consumers; further improve the effectiveness of combating smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting in the new situation.

PREVENTING THE BUYING AND SELLING OF E-INVOICES FOR TAX EVASION

The National Steering Committee 389 requested the Ministry of Finance’s Steering Committee 389 to direct the customs forces to strengthen the collection of information to grasp the situation in the field of customs operations; to supervise, inspect and strictly control baggage, means of entry and exit, goods entering and exiting through border crossings by road, rail, river or sea; Focus on the inspection and control of prohibited goods, contraband goods, counterfeit goods, goods of fraudulent origin, provenance, goods infringing intellectual property rights, consumer goods…; Exchange and coordination in the development of plans and plans to investigate, verify, combat and effectively prevent complicated and open cases of smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods.

Instruct the tax authority to strengthen tax administration, to inspect, control and monitor the tax return and financial statements of enterprises, organizations and individuals in order to collect taxes, fees, levies and other revenue correctly, fully and promptly; Strictly control the tax refund, ensure that the refund is made to the right subjects and regime; Investigate and review companies with indications of high tax risks in order to uncover and prevent tax evasion, tax arrears and transfer pricing in good time; Reinforced measures to manage and control the issuance and use of e-invoices in order to promptly detect and prevent acts of illegal purchase, sale and use of e-invoices to lawfully import contraband goods or tax evasion.

The 389 Steering Committee of the Ministry of National Defense directs the border guard forces to assess the situation, share and exchange information, organize regular patrols and inspections at border lines and sea areas, to promptly detect and deal with illegal entry and exit operations and illegal transport goods across the border, preventing the formation of warehouses, depots and depots for contraband in border areas; Focusing on the fight for key commodities such as drugs, guns, firecrackers, explosives, tobacco, wild animals, gasoline, minerals, precious metals, gems, sugar and alcohol, beer, consumer goods…; coordinate with local authorities to promote legal propaganda, dissemination and education for border residents.

The Department of Defense Steering Committee 389 directs the Coast Guard to patrol, control, detect, combat and promptly deal with organizations and individuals involved in import-export, temporary import-re-export activities, transit, transportation of goods for exploiting smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in Vietnam’s seas, focusing on key commodities such as drugs, firecrackers, explosives, tobacco, petrol, minerals, sugar, consumer goods…

The National Steering Committee 389 requested the Steering Committee 389 of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to direct the market management forces to take primary responsibility for grasping the domestic situation and coordinate with the officials; To formulate and implement plans and plans to inspect, control, combat, prevent and severely treat organizations and individuals that deal in goods, transport them, store them or exploit e-commerce activities, death, social network platforms for smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting; Instruct the department of e-commerce and digital economy to check electronic information pages, e-commerce applications, groups of items and common violations to correctly assess the actual situation, promptly detect, exchange information, coordinate with the functional forces, to inspect, investigate and strictly deal with violations in e-commerce activities…

CREATE A STRATEGY PLAN, BREAK THE LINES OF MUGS

The 138 Steering Committee of the Ministry of Public Security directs the National Security Force to intensify work to assess the situation and develop a plan to combat and crush the lines of smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods, particularly for petroleum products, minerals and steel. to develop electronic components, wood and wood products, medicines, functional foods, alcohol, beer, tobacco, sugar, fertilizers… and products of all kinds. Prohibited goods, goods of fraudulent origin…; Accelerating investigations into serious and complicated cases of smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods, thereby attracting public attention; closely coordinate with the People’s Procuratorate and the People’s Court to soon prosecute and severely prosecute, thus contributing to the general deterrence and prevention.

The Department of Transportation’s Steering Committee 389 directs forces and entities in the industry to increase inspection and strict control of roads, railways, inland waterways and seaways to coordinate with other agencies. Relevant authorities and functional forces promptly identify and strictly prosecute acts of abuse Cargo and passenger transport activities for smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods; coordinate with relevant ministries, agencies and functional units to strictly control transport hubs such as bus stations, train stations, ports and motor vehicle load control posts to detect traffic accidents in time and consistently prevent refusal to transport goods without invoice, documents, unknown goods origin or origin.

Serious handling of accidents and smuggling

The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Health, Culture, Sports and Tourism, Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Technology develop plans and plans to monitor, review and deal with violations of violations of origin, standards, measurement, product quality, goods b. agricultural Materials, medical supplies, cultural products, natural resources, minerals, petroleum, fertilizers, pesticides, livestock, poultry, aquatic animals, veterinary drugs, medicines, medicinal materials, traditional medicines, cosmetics, food, functional foods, toxic cultural products. ..

The steering committees of 389 provinces and cities regularly exchange, provide information, develop plans and plans to inspect, control, fight, prevent and promptly and effectively deal with smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods, do not leave hotspots, warehouses, shipyards, collection points , handling of prohibited goods, contraband goods, counterfeit goods, goods infringing intellectual property rights, etc. in the administrative area physical; Promptly, publicly and severely deal with collectives and individuals who assist, cover, protect or engage in smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting…