Steering Committee 389 cracks down on petrol smuggling

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Over the past time, petrol production and business occurred complicatedly in almost all localities in Viet Nam; causing serious influences on the business environment and budget loss and affecting national energy security. 

According to National Steering Committee 389, the central authority on fighting smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods, petrol smuggling and trade fraud continues to be a big problem in Việt Nam, with several cases of fake and poor quality gasoline discovered by Government agencies. 

The National Steering Committee 389 forecast that the problem would become more complicated and asked ministries and agencies to keep a close watch on the situation; tighten production, business, and export of illegal petrol. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade was asked to direct competent agencies and the General Department of Market Management to manage petrol import licenses especially solvents and  localities which are hotspots of petrol smuggling. 

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for directing the General Department of Taxation and the General Department of Taxation to supervise import and export activities of petrol; strengthen patrols and investigations to combat illegal trades and transportation of fake and poor quality gasoline. 

The Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security were urged to discover petrol smuggling cases; strengthen patrols on roads, sea and port regions./.

By Kim Loan