National Steering Committee on anti-trade frauds formed

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc was appointed as head of the committee.

Vice heads included the Minister of Industry and Trade, a Deputy Minister of National Defense and a Deputy Minister of Public Security.

The new body is in charge of crafting strategies and plans to combat smuggling, trade frauds and counterfeit goods and overseeing relevant ministries and agencies' performance in the task.

It is also responsible for directing the coordination among agencies and forces to timely expose, fight, prevent and handle infringements on the field.

It can send interdisciplinary delegations to investigate into large-scale cases in key hotspots./.

By Huong Giang