Tourists shopping at Ben Thanh Market. The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has seized over 1,830 fake items at Ben Thanh Market and Saigon Square Shopping Center

The confiscated items, including handbags, wallets, purses, belts, watches, footwear, clothes and hats, were found bearing counterfeit labels for Longchamp, Under Armour, Rolex, Bulgari, Chopard, Patek Philippe, Hermes, Franck Muller, Audermars Piguet, Montblanc, MCM, Burberry and Chanel, Mot The Gioi news site reported, citing the ministry, on July 17.

On checking products at the two sites, authorities discovered the seized items, worth VND256.4 million, did not have invoices, associated paperwork or clear origins.

Ben Thanh Market and Saigon Square are two of the city’s most popular shopping destinations for the youth and international tourists.

The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance had earlier inspected two major shopping centers in Mong Cai City in the northern province of Quang Ninh and seized fake goods worth tens of billions of Vietnamese dong.

In early July, Ninh Hiep Market in Hanoi City faced the same fate, where the market surveillance agency confiscated some 3,000 counterfeit Hublot, Dior and Gucci watches, glasses and clothes.

The campaign was aimed at clamping down on the sale of fake and low-quality products in the country. SGT

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