Market authorities are cracking down on illegally labelled foreign wines and spirits being sold as discounted expensive brands ahead of the Tet holiday.
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Tran Hung, deputy head of the Market Surveillance Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said more and more fake products are being put on sale during the year-end season.
He said certification stamps on fake wines from China look like the real thing.
"It's very difficult to distinguish fake and real stamps with the bare eye and consumers could be cheated," Hung said, adding that shoppers should only use reputable retailers or those authorised by the maker.
On February 4, the Hanoi Market Surveillance Department seized shipments of imported wine bearing fake certification stamps.
