Trade ministry to inspect major firms

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will conduct annual inspections on a number of State and private businesses in different sectors, including those involved in petroleum, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and multi-level marketing.
Trade ministry to inspect major firms ảnh 1Hanoi Alcohol, Beer and Beverage Company (Habeco) will be among the firms inspected this year.(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will conductannual inspections on a number of State and private businesses in differentsectors, including those involved in petroleum, telecommunications,pharmaceuticals and multi-level marketing.

Minister Tran Tuan Anh signed the inspection plan for 2019. The ministry’sinspectors and related departments will inspect 245 business and business unitsincluding many big names.

MoIT inspectors will examine the Leather and Shoe Research Institute, the NationalResearch Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Vietnam-Hungary IndustrialUniversity, Industrial and Construction College and Electric Power University.

Two enterprises on the list of administrative inspections are Vietnam IndustrialConstruction Corporation (Vinaincon) and Hanoi Alcohol, Beer and BeverageCompany (Habeco).

At Habeco, inspectors will check if the company is abiding by provisions of theLaw on Anti-Corruption, regulations for the management and use of Stateproperty and proper personnel organisation and settlement of complaints. Theinspection is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of this year.

Inspectors will also look at the Petrolimex Gas Corporation, PetroVietnamNorthern Gas JSC and Power Generation Corporation 2.

The Vietnam Competition Authority will check on consumer information protectionpractices, the provision of details on products and services, and the handlingof customer complaints and warranty operations.

This list includes two big telecommunications groups, namely Vietnam Posts andTelecommunications Group (VNPT) and Vietnam Military Telecommunications Group(Viettel), as well as some lenders including Sai Gon Thuong Tin CommercialJoint Stock Bank (Sacombank), Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam and OrientCommercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB). Consumer finance firm HD Saison Co Ltd willbe inspected in the second and third quarter.

The Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the ministry willinspect regulatory compliance in e-commerce at VHC Trading Co Ltd, located inthe southernmost province of Ca Mau, and HCM City–based Recess Co Ltd, theoperator of online channel Lazada.vn, in the second half of this year.

The ministry will also look at some multi-level marketing businesses such asThien Su Vietnam in the northern province of Hai Duong, New Image Vietnam Company,World Vietnam Company in Hanoi and Morinda Vietnam Company in HCM City.-VNS/VNA
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