The 500m2 warehouse with tens of thousands of fake products. (Photo: General Department of Market Management)

The local authorities had to use 10 trucks to move all of the goods, which were worth VND6 billion (nearly $300,000).

After nearly six months of reconnaissance, on March 17, Nam Dinh authorities inspected a 500sq.m warehouse in Dai Lai village, Vinh Hao commune, Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh province. Inspectors found tens of thousands of fake products bearing the luxury brand Hermès. The warehouse staff could not show proof of the legal origin of the goods.

Mr. Nguyen Ky Minh, Deputy Chief of the Office of the General Department of Market Management, said that it was difficult for inspectors to detect the warehouse, because violators mainly used social networks to offer sales and delivery services to transport fake goods.

Dozens of accounts with different names, like The Queen Shop, Trang Anna (The Queen), Dung Vu (Boss The Queen), The Queen - Specializes in VIP bags, Duong Vu Xuan, and Guangzhou bags, were used to sell fake goods.

The violators used an intermediary shop located on Ho Tung Mau street in Bac Tu Liem district in Hanoi to introduce goods. But in fact, this store did not have any products. All goods were stored at the warehouse in Vu Ban district in Nam Dinh province.

"This has caused many difficulties for functional forces," Minh said.

The fake goods have been temporarily seized and sealed for investigation.

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